I keep saying this but the U.S. has historically been the Indispensable Funder. It can’t be replaced easily.
Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump’s Cognitive Test Taker
There's a persistent fantasy that maybe some other nice countries will start mass-hiring US scientists.
That's not going to happen. A few high-profile, big name researchers will get poached, sure. But most countries, including some very nice ones, are underemploying their own scientists already.