Harvard has refused to comply with the demands of Trump’s governmentwhich in retaliation announced the freezing of US $ 2,200 million of federal funds and threatened to withdraw its tax advantages. In addition, he demanded an apology from the university.
“Harvard can not even be considered a decent learning place and should not appear in any list of better universities in the world,” Trump wrote on Wednesday on his social truth platform.
“Harvard is a joke, teaches hate and stupidity, and should not receive federal funds,” Trump added.
The Republican President accuses Harvard and other universities of allowing anti -Semitism in his campusand their government has asked them for a series of measures, such as an “audit” of the opinions of students and teachers, as a condition to prevent them from withdrawing the subsidies.
Harvard, unlike Columbia University in New York, has refused to meet these demands.
In a letter to students and professors, the rector of the University, Alan Garber, said Harvard “will not abandon their independence or their rights guaranteed by the Constitution.”
Like other American campuses, Harvard was the stage of student protests against the Israel War in Gazaand has been in the spotlight of the White House since Trump returned to power in January.