Trump Says Harvard Funding Must End After It Failed To Protect Jewish Students

Harvard University failed to protect Jewish students from harassment, the Trump administration concluded after an investigation, threatening to cut all federal funding from the Ivy League school if it fails to take action, Collin Binkley reported for the Associated Press (AP).

The White House wants $100 million in federal contracts with Harvard to be canceled after barring the university from enrolling foreign students.

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In a letter sent to Harvard, a federal task force accused the university of being a “willful participant” in antisemitic harassment of Jewish students and faculty.

It threatened to refer the case to the Justice Department “as soon as possible” unless Harvard comes into compliance. The finding allows the Trump administration to target a wider pool of Harvard’s federal funding.

The government has already slashed more than $2.6 billion in research grants, but a civil rights violation could jeopardize Harvard’s eligibility to accept federal student aid — meaning students would not be able to use federal loans or grants to attend the university.

“Failure to institute adequate changes immediately will result in the loss of all federal financial resources and continue to affect Harvard’s relationship with the federal government,” officials said in the letter, which was obtained by AP and first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

The White House wants $100 million in federal contracts with Harvard to be canceled after barring the university from enrolling foreign students — both of which are widely seen as retaliation against Harvard for not complying with Trump’s capricious and narcissistic demands.

Trump is undermining academic freedom to appease Zionist forces that have justified the Palestinian genocide in Gaza.