Trump is killing the goose that laid America's golden eggs

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11. At this point, US companies strongly dominate pharma research

It is one of the remaining pillars of our economy. But this can change. Companies like Roche (Switzerland) have lot of labs located in the US, primarily because of the research investments at major universities. We graduate a lot of students with the skills needed to compete in the pharma business. With the REPUBLICANS gutting that investment, there will be fewer international students coming to the US to be part of that, so less of a case to maintain research labs here.

And of course, the American companies (Lilly, Merck, Abbvie, etc.) all maintain research labs in many other countries. One can imagine that thousands of the best, most experienced researchers will be giving serious thought to moving to other countries which will welcome them with open arms.

It is just another example of "Everything Trump touches, dies." Some deaths happen quickly. This one will happen over a decade or more. But the well has been poisoned now.