Trump sent 'explicit' threat to cut funds from University of Virginia, senator says [View all]
Source: The Guardian
The University of Virginia (UVA) received “explicit” notification from the Trump administration that the school would endure cuts to university jobs, research funding and student aid as well as visas if the institution’s president, Jim Ryan, did not resign, according to a US senator.
During an interview Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation, Mark Warner, a Democratic senator for Virginia, defended Ryan – who had championed diversity policies that the president opposes – and predicted that Donald Trump will similarly target other universities.
Warner said he understood that the former UVA president was told that if he “tried to fight back, hundreds of employees would lose jobs, researchers would lose funding, and hundreds of students could lose financial aid or have their visas withheld”.
“There was indication that they received the letter that if he didn’t resign on a day last week, by 5 o’clock, all these cuts would take place,” Warner added. He also said he believes this to be the “most outrageous action” that the Trump administration has taken on education since it retook office in January.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/trump-threats-university-of-virginia-mark-warner
Ryan resigned last Friday.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/university-virginia-president-resigns-dei-trump
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