The president’s cuts have defunded and alienated thousands of American scientists. Europe can benefit, if it makes the right offer The president’s cuts have defunded and alienated thousands of American scientists. Europe can benefit, if it makes the right offer D onald Trump has spent much of his second term at war with science and scientists. He is cutting staff at institutions such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by a third, and has cancelled or frozen up to 8,000 federal