Trump says he may block $3 billion in grant funds to ‘very antisemitic’ Harvard
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Trump Says He May Block $3 Billion in Grant Funds to ‘Very Antisemitic’ Harvard
U.S. President Donald Trump said he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University.
Trump may cut $3B Harvard grants for trade schools
President Trump said he is considering redirecting $3 billion in grant funding to trade schools across the U.S. It wasn’t immediately clear if the money would come from the $2.2 billion in federal funding that Harvard has already frozen. The university filed a lawsuit last month in response to Trump’s earlier move to strip it of federal funding.
“I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS all across our land. What a great investment that would be for the USA, and so badly needed!!!” Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Trade schools focus on teaching practical skills for specific trades or professions, News.Az reports citing CBS news.
It wasn’t immediately clear how Mr. Trump would shift the money, and if the grants come from the Harvard funding that his administration has already frozen.
Mr. Trump issued the fresh threat after he moved last week to block Harvard from enrolling international students and has taken other steps to freeze billions of dollars in Harvard’s federal funding, as he claims the institution has not done enough to address anti-semitism on campus.
Harvard didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The university filed a lawsuit last month in response to Mr. Trump’s earlier move to strip it of $2.2 billion in federal funding, alleging that his action was unlawful.
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Trump Looking to Redirect $3 Billion in Harvard Grants to U.S. Trade Schools
Three billion dollars in grant money previously destined for scientific and engineering research at elite Harvard University is being considered by President Donald Trump for redirection to trade schools. Trump made public he is considering the move Monday via his social media platform Truth Social. The potential redirection of taxpayer dollars come less than a week after the Trump administration moved to block the Ivy League institution from enrolling foreign students.
Trump made public he is considering the move Monday via his social media platform Truth Social.
“I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS all across our land,” Trump wrote in the Truth Social post. “What a great investment that would be for the USA, and so badly needed!!!”
The potential redirection of taxpayer dollars come less than a week after the Trump administration moved to block the Ivy League institution from enrolling foreign students as part of the president’s efforts to hold the institution to account for its actions by also challenging its tax-exempt status and federal funding stream.
Trump continued to criticize Harvard on Sunday, questioning the university’s transparency and demanding it reveal the personal details of its international students.
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Harvard enrolls almost 6,800 foreign students at its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Most are graduate students and they come from more than 100 countries.
Meanwhile the world’s richest university faces unresolved allegations of failing to protect Jewish students from rampant antisemitism.