Donald Trump shoots from the hip and never thinks things through. His rash decision to abandon the Paris climate change accord has cost the United States several scientists, high paying jobs gone. And French President Emmanuel Macron is gloating.
French President Emmanuel Macron making U.S. scientists at home in Paris
French President Emmanuel did not just threaten to bring American high paying scientific jobs to France after Trump left the Paris Accord. He did it.
France 24 reported the following.
Eighteen climate scientists, 13 of them based in the United States, were on Monday named the first beneficiaries of the research grants linked to French President Macron’s “Make Our Planet Great Again” project, which will see them relocate to France. …
In all, a total of 50 research grants will be handed out, lasting a minimum of three years and worth between €1 million and €1.5 million each.
Among Monday’s 18 laureates were senior researchers from prestigious US universities, including Venkatramani Balaji from Princeton, Nuria Teixido from Stanford University and Louis Derry from Cornell University. Although the vast majority of the laureates are currently based in the US, they also include researchers from Canada, India, Italy, Poland and Spain.
“The laureates will settle in France in the next few months,” the jury said.
In France, the scientists will conduct research on a wide array of topics, including how global warming impacts natural catastrophes like hurricanes, the health implications of climate change and how a warmer planet can affect the circular economy.
Macron’s research initiative is a direct rebuke of US President Donald Trump’s June decision to pull his country out of the 2015 Paris climate change accord.
Macron, whose administration created YouTube videos and set up a website to promote the project, called on foreign researchers, and in particular US-based scientists, to come to France to fill the research void created by Trump and his decision.
Trump is not making America Great Again. The President is gutting America of talent as they seek places where intellect is valued and rewarded. Trump aims to make America too dumb to know how much he intends to pilfer the country.