"Here's another that aired Sunday night: correspondent Bill Whitaker reported on Trump's battles with elite universities over accusations of liberal bias and antisemitism. He has threatened to cut their federal funding for research. If Trump were to follow through on more of those threats, it could jeopardize research into potentially life-saving advances in medicine and severely limit scientific progress. Harvard scientist Don Ingber told Whitaker, "We are truly putting the brakes on scientific innovation in this country at a time when our ostensible adversary, China, is going faster and faster and faster.""
"One farmer told Vega, "I feel like a lot of American farmers, cattle people, it's a lot, a lot of people probably feel let down currently now. Maybe there's a method to the madness, you know, that's still to be seen.""
"What's notable is that both stories - two-thirds of the program - were completely fair and factual and, this is the important part, painted Trump in a negative light - or at least, questioned his decisions."
U.S. farmers fear losing their farms after China stopped buying soybeans in retaliation for reciprocal tariffs. Struggling farmers feel betrayed and are outraged by President Donald Trump's $40 billion bailout to Argentina. Nearly 80% of voters in farming-dependent counties voted for Trump in the last election. Farmers describe feeling let down and uncertain whether there is a method to the madness. Threats to cut federal research funding for elite universities over accusations of liberal bias and antisemitism could jeopardize medical research and slow scientific progress. CBS News settled a lawsuit with Trump earlier this year, and CBS's parent company was sold to David Ellison's Skydance, which hired Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief.
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