Trump threatens $9 bn in Harvard funding over 'anti-Semitism'

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

New York (AFP) – The US government will review $9 billion of funding for Harvard University over alleged anti-Semitism on campus, authorities said Monday, after it cut millions from Columbia University, which has also seen fierce pro-Palestinian student protests.

President Donald Trump has aggressively targeted prestigious universities that saw bitter protests sparked by Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, stripping their federal funds and directing immigration officers to deport foreign student demonstrators, including those with green cards.

Officials would look at $255.6 million in contracts between Harvard and the government, as well as $8.7 billion in multi-year grant commitments to the prestigious Ivy League institution, the General Services Administration said in a statement.

Critics argue that the Trump administration's campaign is retributive and will have a chilling effect on free speech, while its supporters insist it is necessary to restore order to campuses and to protect Jewish students.

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Issued on: 31/03/2025 - 23:21
Modified: 31/03/2025 - 23:20


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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Trump is increasingly telling us what to think and how to spend our money

Do you notice it too?

[Prairie Gates]

2. Every university will fold...the only question with Harvard is whether they will fold

more quickly than Columbia.

[Bok_Tukalo]

3. Protect Jewish students from what?

A drive by shouting?

[Initech]

4. I'd bet good money he doesn't give a shit about anti-semitism.

[Sessuch]

5. Where is Alan Dershowitz

[iemanja]

7. The person he put in charge of combatting

antisemitism has posted hateful comments about Jews on social media. That proves it’s all a ruse to implement his authoritarian project.

[Behind the Aegis]

8. Most people don't so why should he be any different?

This is nothing more than an excuse and it will, as seen here and other places, simply hurt Jews. This "policy" in no way is actually meant to "protect Jews". It is simply another excuse, and if it goes sideways, or doesn't, Jews will be blamed. A win-win for anti-Semites.

[iemanja]

6. He's weaponizing anti-semitism to end free speech

and exert control over universities. The sick thing is how many support this, and not just on the right. It is nothing less than collaborating with fascism.