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Great article, shares a very timely perspective that highlights the enormous long term benefits of investing in students and exchange programs.
None of the Trump admin or their MAGA followers will read it of course.
I think it's an indictment of the zero-sum mentality that is driving the Trump Administration's thinking, and to a lesser extent was behind this scientist's deportation. It's hyper-focused in the present, and how someone can "win" a deal right now, ignoring the long-term repurcussions.
But maybe not ignoring them entirely: once these researchers go back home and improve science outside of the US, the same people who ejected them will use their progress in other countries as an excuse to hunker down even further and exclude more foreigners. So while it's a losing proposition for the country as a whole, it helps consolidate power for the people making the decisions. And what is more important, really?