Obviously scientists are going to get sidelined under Trump, the man and facts are like oil and water and science being fact based the first thing that happened when he took over was a decimation of scientists at the top levels of departments, to be replaced with lobbyists and propagandists.
From there on it was a matter of time for those effects to trickle down. The same happened under Erdogan in Turkey, one of Trump's heroes.
But, one day he'll be gone. We will pick up the pieces and see what's left of what had been carefully built up in the decades prior and regroup. Let's hope that moment comes sooner rather than later.