US President Donald Trump continued his attacks on Harvard University, calling it a “disgrace” amid backlash over freezing funding for the Ivy League institution. His remark came just a day after he dubbed the university a “joke” as hundreds of students and faculty members booed while speakers accused the Trump administration of undermining American universities.
Trump called the protests anti-American and antisemitic, accusing universities of peddling Marxism and radical left” ideology. “They’re obviously anti-Semitic, and all of a sudden they’re starting to behave,” Trump said on Thursday, while sp eaking at the White House, doubling down on his earlier criticism of what he called Harvard’s “all-woke” faculty. “I think Harvard is a disgrace.”
The Trump administration froze approximately USD 2.3 billion in federal funding after it decided to go against White House demands, including shutting down equity and inclusion programs.
Reports also suggest that the Internal Revenue Service is preparing to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status as well. Trump, on Tuesday, suggested in his social media post that he might push to end Harvard’s tax-exempt status if it continues to promote “political, ideological, and terrorist-inspired/supporting sickness”.
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