On Monday, President Trump escalated his attacks on Harvard University, saying that he is considering giving $ 3 billion to Ivy Legue to grant commercial schools across the United States
“I am thinking about getting three billion dollars in Harvard’s money very hostile, and giving it to commercial schools all over our land. What a great investment will be for the United States of America, and it is very required !!!” Mr. Trump said in a mail On the social truth. Commercial schools focus on teaching practical skills for specific trading or professions.
It was not immediately clear how Mr. Trump would turn the money, and if the grants come from Harvard’s funding, in which his administration was already frozen.
Mr. Trump released the new threat after moving last week to Harvard was prevented from registering international students I have taken other steps to Freezing billions of dollars in Federal Harvard financingAnd it also claims that the institution has not done enough to address anti -Semitism on the campus.
Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The university filed a lawsuit last month in response to Mr. Trump’s move earlier to strip it $ 2.2 billion in federal financingHe claimed that his work was illegal.
Last week, Harvard University filed a second suit on Trump administration attempt To prevent it from registering foreign students. Harvard University President Alan Garper described it as “nullifying” “continuing a series of government measures to take revenge on Harvard to be rejected by our academic independence surrender and submission to the federal government’s assertion of controlling our curricula, faculty, and student body.”
Later on It was temporarily banned Trump administration from preventing Harvard from registering foreign students. The ruling was criticized by the White House.
“The American people, President Trump – not the slums of the slums with their liberal agenda – were elected to manage the country,” said White House spokeswoman Abigel Jackson last week. “These non -elected judges are not entitled to prevent the Trump administration from exercising their correct control of the immigration policy and national security policy.”
Mr. Trump also said he wanted it Harvard is stripped of the tax -exempt status While trying to control the university’s policies, including stopping Harvard diversity programs, stock and integration programs and changing their employment practices. The Trump administration also wants to review the Student Authority and faculty members for the “diversity of point of view.”
The White House has also reached other prominent universities, with a withdrawal of federal financing from the University of Colombia, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Cornell, in what is seen as an effort to force them to comply with the Trump administration schedule.
