[nojvek]

Is the logic here that by slashing NOAA funding, no real claims of climate change will be made and Trump will prevail?

[dragonwriter]

That's probably a part of it, but the budget cuts across the government (outside of defense and law enforcement) are also a realization of goal of at least the Bannon faction of the Trump White House to basically burn the whole system of government to the ground.

[lazugod]

If this is true, why are they not removing all funding entirely?

[dragonwriter]

Because its not (yet, at any rate) a dictatorship, and they need something that even Republicans in Congress will vote for, for one thing.

[squarefoot]

And probably also because by removing one hair at a time you can eventually make someone bald without he even noticing.

[veidr]

I'm afraid this might be the wrong place to look for logic.

However, at least it looks like they were able to finish modernizing their website before the budget got the ax:

https://forecast-v3.weather.gov/documentation?redirect=legac...