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If they put Fauci in jail, I imagine a lot of science people will flee the US
Many already have, but probably for other reasons (also related to conservative dumbasses).
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts
America is now basically letting the people who failed out and/or peaked in high school (and who said stupid things about having "street smarts" and how "book smarts" never did anyone no good anyhow) metaphorically give wedgies and swirlies to experts, to the educated, and to people with more intelligence. All so they "do their own research" now, I guess.
A lot already have.
10,000 PhDs have left the US in just one year.
Before 2025, even Republicans understood science was THE economic driver of the US economy. From now on, you'll be buying all the tech from China.
China won't even have to bother to go to war with us; they'll have all the soft power they need after all the bungling of idiots like Donvict in particular and the conservatives that enable this kind of shit in general.
Why are top US scientists choosing to move their research careers to China?