Agreement: I Agree Body: Dear Editor Recently, I rated a research application to the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Research. I cannot remember any political Commissar looking over my shoulder: I would have brewed extra coffee for them, if they had shared my nocturnal struggles. Grant applicants in the USA will now be required to show how their ideas will “advance the President's policy priorities.”[1]. Hitherto, President Trump has not demonstrated a specific, scientific background