This has nothing to do with the funding cuts to basic research the article calls out. Cuts which seem to directly contravene the law.

Such as lifting bans on forever chemicals, spreading doubt over vaccinations, and promoting conspiracy theories? I'm sorry, I don't trust a man that shares videos of himself killing snakes on his porch to responsibly handle... well, anything!

If you point a shotgun at a flock of sheep and a wolf - sure, you might hit the wolf sometimes. That doesn't mean you're doing a good thing!