"...complied BEFORE they had to."
This pisses me off too. Big Time. Trump and his stooges PROPOSED all these deep science and NASA cuts in their budget, and Congress ended up giving them the finger. But it was too late for NASA because so many programs and jobs were cut early by overzealous trumptards before any budgets were ever even finalized.
What the actual fuck?
If Artemis II succeeds as we all hope it does, it won't change the damage done to NASA's institutional culture.