I think his administration has a 2 prong approach to their attack on weather science:
It's an attack on all science that they look to replace with "thoughts and prayers"
If you suppress the science showing how you're making everyone less safe and putting millions of lives at risk, that's good "damage control". Then you double down on "owning the libs" at the same time making crazy corrupt deals with the fossil fuel industry.
Disaster preparedness is socialism!