Trump funding cuts have left situation more ‘fluid and unstable’ than at any time in the last 30 years, Tao says
Would mathematician Terence Tao consider leaving the United States for Hong Kong or mainland China in light of funding cuts under the Trump administration?
When the South China Morning Post put the question to the Fields medallist and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) professor, his response was measured but telling.
“The situation is very fluid and unstable right now – far more than it has been at any previous point in the last 30 years,” Tao wrote in an email on August 21.
“What happens next depends largely on whether the administration continues its current trajectory, or whether it significantly changes course.
