A prominent scientist quit his post in the Trump administration Wednesday over the president’s response to Charlottesville — and hid the message “Impeach” in his scathing letter of resignation.
University of California, Berkeley energy professor Daniel Kammen stepped down as science envoy for the State Department, saying President Trump’s failure to condemn the deadly neo-Nazi rally put the whole country in danger.
“Particularly troubling to me is how your 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 community and the planet,” Kammen wrote in the letter, which he also tweeted.
The first letter of each sentence in the missive spell out “Impeach” — channeling last week’s resignation by the Presidential Committee on Arts and Humanities, which spelled out “Resist” in the same way.
The science envoy program employs a handful of America’s best scientists to act as scientific diplomats around the world and advise the White House.
Kammen’s specific area of expertise was renewable energies, and he’d held the position since 2010, when he worked under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to the Sacramento Bee.
He’s also served in various other roles for the federal Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy since 1996, he wrote.