NewsBite

Trump’s war on Harvard is un-American

Trump’s war on Harvard is un-American

The trigger-happy firing range that is the present administration has put America’s universities squarely in the crosshairs.

The Trump administration told Harvard on Friday it can no longer enrol international students. Bloomberg

So many enemies: spineless judges, moaners about due process; fake news merchants; the Fed; Canadians (nasty); Europeans, same (except for Italy and Hungary); environmental hoaxers; regulators of shower pressure; cancer-causing windmills; tariff-haters; Venezuelans; the Cheneys. But the worst of the lot? Not even close. Professors! Radical left lunatics, or those soft on them, which is the same thing. Let’s see how they like it when the money tap turns off.

The trigger-happy firing range that is the Trump administration has put America’s universities squarely in the crosshairs. The more liberal the faculty, the heavier the hit: billions in federal grants stripped from Harvard, hundreds of millions from other Ivy Leaguers. [On Friday, the administration told Harvard it can no longer enroll international students.]

Loading...

Financial Times

Read More

Latest In North America

Fetching latest articles

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/trump-s-war-on-harvard-is-un-american-20250523-p5m1on