Whenever tRUmp does anything at all, the first (and most reasonable) presumption is that it is grift. Everything he does looks suspiciously like a grift -- until proven otherwise.
Aaron RuparNew in PN: The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift "It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities is that there's no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving billions to Silicon Valley types."