During a speech touting a “golden age of American innovation,” White House Office of Science and Technology director Michael Kratsios made an astonishing claim: “Our technologies permit us to manipulate time and space.” The statement, seemingly part of a push to deregulate the tech industry, suggests Kratsios believes private companies can defy physics. No known technology comes close to achieving this, making his remarks baffling. “At a time defined by the desire to build in America again, we have to throw off the burden of bad regulations that weigh down our innovators, and use federal resources to test, to deploy, and to mature emerging technologies,” Kratsios said, according to a transcript of the April 14 speech posted to the White House’s official website. Yet the Trump administration’s budget cuts could stifle innovation rather than fuel it. NASA’s science budget faces a near 50% reduction—an “extinction-level event for NASA science,” warned Planetary Society’s Casey Dreier. Kratsios argued that regulation is the “greatest obstacle to limitless energy,” but Trump’s policies favor fossil fuels over clean energy. This week, he exempted nearly 70 coal plants from emissions rules, hindering green innovation. Kratsios doubled down, claiming bureaucracy blocks “scientific discoveries that will bend time and space, make more with less, and drive us further into the endless frontier.” While time manipulation remains fantasy, his rhetoric promotes a misleading narrative: that Trump’s policies empower individual innovators. In reality, Trump’s chaotic governance has destabilized tech, with recession fears growing. Budget cuts to healthcare and social security may hurt innovators’ ability to thrive. Companies face volatile markets and crumbling trade relations, leaving them desperate for stability. Kratsios’ “Golden Age,” powered by imaginary physics-defying tech, is a pipe dream—a feel-good story masking the administration’s lack of real progress. The post White House Claims Tech Can “Manipulate Time and Space” appeared first on Anomalien.com.