In a bold move hailed by people worldwide, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on Monday, May 05, 2025, banning all federal funding for gain-of-function (GoF) research—ending one of the most dangerous and unaccountable scientific experiments in modern history.
Joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Trump sent a clear message that America will no longer bankroll science experiments that weaponize viruses and endanger humanity under the pretense of “pandemic preparedness.”
“For years, unelected bureaucrats like Dr. Anthony Fauci funneled taxpayer dollars into secretive labs, including in Communist China, to manipulate viruses and make them more deadly,” Trump stated. He further added “That ends today.”
Ending the Globalist Science Agenda
The executive order blocks funding for all existing and future GoF research in the United States and abroad, including notorious projects at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and other hostile or untrustworthy nations like Iran. It also halts related work involving infectious pathogens and toxins until a new, transparent oversight framework is established.
“This is about putting America First in science and safety,” said Trump aide Will Scharf. “No more outsourcing deadly experiments to Chinese labs. No more hiding behind the guise of public health. This is real leadership” Will further stated.
The order empowers the NIH and other federal agencies to identify and shut down any biological research that threatens public health or national security—an unprecedented move that dismantles the deep state’s hold over America’s health policies.
RFK Jr. Exposes Fauci’s Dangerous Legacy
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., once dismissed by the mainstream media as a conspiracy theorist, stood vindicated as he delivered a searing exposé of decades-long government complicity in bioweapons research.
Kennedy traced the origins of GoF research back to post-WWII military programs, noting that even President Nixon shut down Fort Detrick in 1969 after learning the truth. But after the 2001 anthrax attacks, the globalist establishment revived the program in secret, with Fauci as its lead architect.
“The justification was always defense,” Kennedy said. “But the real goal was control—controlling populations, controlling pandemics they helped create, and building billion-dollar vaccine markets.” he further added.
Kennedy dropped a bombshell that Fauci even received a 68% pay raise from the military for his involvement in this high-risk work. “This wasn’t science—it was militarized biological experimentation,” he said.
Lab Leak Vindication
The move comes as mounting evidence continues to support the theory long championed by President Trump—that COVID-19 most likely leaked from a Chinese lab conducting GoF research with U.S. taxpayer money.
“I said it from day one—it leaked out, probably during lunch break, maybe from a scientist meeting his girlfriend,” Trump quipped. “I’ve never changed my opinion. It was stupidity and carelessness, and it half-destroyed the world.”
Trump’s critics once mocked him for suggesting a lab leak. But now, even U.S. intelligence agencies like the FBI and CIA, and former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, agree: the lab leak theory is the most plausible explanation.
Bhattacharya: “The Risk Was Never Worth It”
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a trusted voice in the fight against COVID-era lockdowns and medical authoritarianism, called the executive order “a historic victory for public safety and scientific sanity.”
“This research never protected us,” Bhattacharya said. “It only created risks—risks of deadly leaks, risks of authoritarian overreach, and risks of creating the very pandemics it claimed to prevent.” he reiterated.
Most scientific research will continue uninterrupted, he clarified, but this high-risk niche—experiments that have never undergone meaningful public scrutiny—has been shut down for good.
Restoring Trust in Science—and the American People
What sets this executive order apart is not just its decisive content, but its philosophy: putting the American people back in charge.
“For the first time, we have a framework where the public can say no,” Bhattacharya said. “No to risky experiments. No to secret deals with foreign labs. No to taxpayer-funded disasters.”
In a time when many Americans have lost trust in institutions and global health elites, Trump’s move to end GoF research may go down as a defining moment—a stand against reckless science, foreign dependence, and bureaucratic power grabs.
As Trump held up the signed order for the cameras, it was more than a piece of paper—it was a declaration that American science will serve the people, not control them.