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Robert Kuttner, professor at the University of Brandeis, argued on Monday that even Adolf Hitler “knew how to support German science,” while attacked President Donald Trump’s Last Objective of Cost of Expenditure.
Shortly after taking office, Trump issued a freeze in external communications in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and all its subgencies, including National Health Institutes (NIH).
Although NIH resumed its subsidy creation process on Friday, the agency announced that it would reduce $ 9 billion in general costs under a new Trump administration directive.
Kuttner warned in a article For the US left leaflet, entitled “What Trump could learn from Hitler in NIH funds”, that these cuts would negatively affect the important research in the main universities throughout the country, while stating: “Even Hitler did not base German science. “
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced an expense cut of $ 9 billion in response to a new Trump administration mandate. (Alamy/Getty Images)
“Hitler sought to turn science into its own purposes, to promote research on eugenics, new technologies for the Blitzkrieg war, sick medical experiments and the most efficient ways for the mass murder of the Jews,” Kuttner allowed before To add “, but German German German German German science, for a long time a brand of German pride, also prospered” under Hitler.
“During the Nazi era, German scientists and engineers invented the first electronic microscope, the production of artificial fiber at an industrial scale, pharmaceutical products such as advanced Sulfa drugs, artificial rubber and much more,” he said.
Kuttner concluded: “Trump, in summary, is even more nihilist than Hitler.”
Trump’s new directive requires a 15% limit on “indirect costs” for NIH subsidies, or general expenses for facilities and administration. The percentage has historically been closer to 27-28%, with about 60%, according to NIHwhile for the private foundation it generally grants between 0% and 15%.
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Despite going so far as to invoke Hitler to warn about the 15%mandate, Kuttner wrote that his “informed heart” is that it will be returned, with university leaders and state legislators who plan legal actions to restore financing.
“Small, mistreated but uninterrupted democratic policy, rescue,” Kuttner said.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, and Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, meet at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)
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Democratic strategists have compared Trump with Hitler several times over the years, particularly in the weeks prior to the 2024 elections. Former Vice President Kamala Harris itself He repeatedly compared Trump with Hitler while calling him “fascist” that “admires dictators.”
Alec Schemmel of Fox News contributed to this report.
