--- description: Renown British physicist Stephen Hawking fears he may not be welcome in the U.S. under President Trump, he said in a new interview title: Stephen Hawking Fears He 'May Not Be Welcome' in U.S. Under Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c0758e34ffaeecb/6988bf01e20a877feca94843/gettyimages-615651342.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [U.K.](/tag/u-k/) ## U.K. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Stephen Hawking Fears He 'May Not Be Welcome' in U.S. Under Trump by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 20, 2017 1:01 PM CUT  British scientist Stephen Hawking attends the launch of The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) at the University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, eastern England, on October 19, 2016\. NIKLAS HALLE'N—AFP/Getty Images British scientist Stephen Hawking attends the launch of The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) at the University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, eastern England, on October 19, 2016\. NIKLAS HALLE'N—AFP/Getty ImagesNIKLAS HALLE'N—AFP/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 20, 2017 1:01 PM CUT Renown British physicist Stephen Hawking fears he [may not be welcome](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/20/stephen-hawking-trump-good-morning-britain-interview "undefined") in the U.S. under President Trump, who he said is leading America’s “definite swing to a right-wing, more authoritarian approach.” “I have many friends and colleagues there and it is still a place I like and admire in many ways, but I fear that I may not be welcome,” Hawking said in an interview with the British program [_Good Morning Britain_](http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/news/exclusive-piers-morgan-meets-professor-stephen-hawking "undefined"). Hawking has been critical of Trump in the past. During the 2016 election, the Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient called Trump a “[demagogue who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator.](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/31/politics/stephen-hawking-donald-trump-demagogue/ "undefined")” Now, Hawking is urging the President to take climate change seriously. “He should replace Scott Pruitt at the Environment Protection Agency,” Hawking said. “Climate change is one of the great dangers we face, and it’s one we can prevent. It affects America badly, so tackling it should win votes for his second term. God forbid.” Watch the full interview at [ITV](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/31/politics/stephen-hawking-donald-trump-demagogue/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4706435/stephen-hawking-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4706435/stephen-hawking-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Stephen Hawking Fears He 'May Not Be Welcome' in U.S. Under Trump","datePublished":"2017-03-20T13:01:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:55:14.797Z","description":"Hawking spoke in a new interview","url":"https://time.com/4706435/stephen-hawking-donald-trump/","keywords":["U.K.","Britain","Stephen Hawking","Science topic","Donald Trump","trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c0758e34ffaeecb/6988bf01e20a877feca94843/gettyimages-615651342.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c0758e34ffaeecb/6988bf01e20a877feca94843/gettyimages-615651342.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-SCIENCE-UNIVERSITY","caption":"BRITAIN-SCIENCE-UNIVERSITY","creditText":"NIKLAS HALLE'N—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/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/u-k/","name":"U.K."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4706435/stephen-hawking-donald-trump/","name":"Stephen Hawking Fears He 'May Not Be Welcome' in U.S. Under Trump"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Stephen Hawking: The Human Race Is In Danger, And It's Our Own Fault","description":"The physicist says he believes humanity will face dangerous scenarios of our own making during the next century, including nuclear war.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Y5rePGUp/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-20T15:15:34.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Y5rePGUp.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4706435/stephen-hawking-donald-trump/","duration":"PT56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4706435/stephen-hawking-donald-trump/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```