> The LHC which is doing much of the particle physics discovery is in Switzerland and France, if you need to be reminded, not the US.

Which is ironically an example of particle collider science happening overseas primarily because the US relinquished its lead on scientific discovery, despite having a similar-scale particle collider practically finished and ready to go [0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider