JWST is an amazing achievement that we have a lot of sunk cost in, so I hope it continues to be funded for longer. At the same time, I could see why citizens think we should be more focused on their daily problems first. I feel like a better marketing campaign showing off its images would really capture the imagination of people, in the US but everywhere else too.
I agree for the most part. If I thought the cut money was going to go to something "good" (maybe education?). I suspect it is just to make room in the budgets to write checks for people / companies that do not need the money.