"No, you don’t have anything. You have a very expensive facility that is on a short-term loan. And you’re dealing with people in Washington who can misplace an air base and laugh about it. No, when I look at your game from your position, I see that you have two realistic options. Number one, get out now, before the purge. Take another post, academia maybe, even Europe. If you angle it right, you can probably take some of your favorite grad students and bottle-washers with you."