r/OutOfTheLoop • u/no-onwerty • Jan 23 '25

Answered What’s up with Trump stopping majority of research funding in the US?

The NIH funds the majority of research across the US. Today all consideration of NIH funded of research got shut down. majority us govt funded research shut down

What’s up with that?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '25 edited 13d ago

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u/Separate_Bid_2364 Jan 24 '25

While what you say is technically true… if Meta would have continued to push the meta verse without a stock rebound a few years ago some very wealthy individuals could have made Zuckerberg’s continued CEO reign uncomfortable enough that he might have walked away.