Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science NYT | Top Stories By: William J. Broad 31 August 2025 at 17:00 Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. © Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group, via Getty ImagesThe 1633 trial of Galileo over his backing of the heliocentric theory came to symbolize the church’s hostility to open inquiry.
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