EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm

It’s because he only knows how to destroy, not build, and destroying is always easier than building. It may be impactful but it is going to set America back decades.

Reminds me of reading about Karl Marx in college. As I recall he basically made a name for himself talking shit about capitalism. Then, people said, "Bro, if capitalism sucks so much, why don't you come up with something better?" And that's how The Communist Manifesto was born, which was a total disaster, and set humanity back generations.

Talking shit and tearing stuff down is easy. Building something is hard.

>Bro, if capitalism sucks so much, why don't you come up with something better?

That totally happened.

He's destroying for various reasons yes. But he knows how to build. Perhaps not personally, but he can wrangle a system to do things for him, mostly for him perhaps. OK completely for himself, but that's not to say he can't.

The irony of you saying that about a real estate mogul.

The book Why Nothing Works is worth a read.

The only thing he has ever directed that has been a net positive to society, Operation Warp Speed, is something he disowns because of the rabid anti-science stance of his base.

does he actually disown it? i thought he keeps up being proud of that despite his base hating it?

While a politician. You do realize he built many things or headed the building of many things prior to being a politician? In some cases to net good for the world, unbelievably. It's easy to vilify him for political or personal choices but that's not to say he can't do things.

> he built many things or headed the building of many things prior to being a politician

Are you talking about the gaudy casinos he bankrupted with the half-billion dollar head start his daddy gave him?

You're talking tropes. Life is more complicated. Read the book "Why nothing works"