--- title: Donald Trump: Science Envoy Quits description: A science envoy working for the U.S. State Department announced his resignation on Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/4912490/trump-science-envoy-quits/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-23T16:27:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:07:40.845Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Science Envoy Quits With a Not-So-Hidden Message og:description: He resigned in response to Trump's reaction to Charlottesville og:url: https://time.com/4912490/trump-science-envoy-quits/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26793f59d251dfd7/6988dacd86f68e465e6e61e6/trump-science-envoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4164 og:image:height: 2342 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP-RALLY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Science Envoy Quits With a Not-So-Hidden Message twitter:description: He resigned in response to Trump's reaction to Charlottesville twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26793f59d251dfd7/6988dacd86f68e465e6e61e6/trump-science-envoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Science Envoy Quits With a Not-So-Hidden Message > Sponsored content. 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NICHOLAS KAMM—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 23, 2017 4:27 PM UTC A science envoy working for the U.S. State Department announced his resignation on Wednesday with a letter that contained a not entirely [subtle message](http://time.com/4906775/donald-trump-arts-council-quits/) for President Trump: IMPEACH. Daniel Kammen, science envoy for the State Department, resigned in response to Trump’s “attacks on core values of the United States,” he wrote in a letter addressed to the president. The first letter of each paragraph in the note spell out the word “impeach,” making it clear where Kammen stands on Trump, especially following the president’s tepid response to the [demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va.](http://time.com/4911607/president-donald-trump-joe-arpaio-sheriff-arizona/) earlier this month. “Your failure to condemn white supremacists and neo-Nazis has domestic and international ramifications,” Kammen wrote. “Particularly troubling to me is how our response to Charlottesville is consistent with a broader pattern of behavior that enables sexism and racism, and disregards the welfare of all Americans, the global economy and the planet.” > [](https://twitter.com/dan%5Fkammen/status/900360794231013376) Kammen’s resignation comes after Trump’s entire [Arts and Humanities Council quit](http://time.com/4906775/donald-trump-arts-council-quits/). Trump also [disbanded his business council](http://time.com/4903380/donald-trump-strategy-ceo-council-disbanding/) after a growing number of CEOs resigned in the wake of the president’s remarks on Charlottesville. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4912490/trump-science-envoy-quits/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4912490/trump-science-envoy-quits/"},"headline":"President Trump Science Envoy Quits With a Not-So-Hidden Message","datePublished":"2017-08-23T16:27:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:07:40.845Z","description":"He resigned in response to Trump's reaction to Charlottesville","url":"https://time.com/4912490/trump-science-envoy-quits/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26793f59d251dfd7/6988dacd86f68e465e6e61e6/trump-science-envoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26793f59d251dfd7/6988dacd86f68e465e6e61e6/trump-science-envoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-RALLY","caption":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-RALLY","creditText":"NICHOLAS KAMM—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4912490/trump-science-envoy-quits/","name":"President Trump Science Envoy Quits With a Not-So-Hidden Message"}}]}] ```