Education / April 17, 2025
Trump to Harvard: FAFO
The president didn’t take kindly to the intransigence of the filthy rich bastion of Jew hatred.
When an American president — or a business executive, or any leader in life — is met with an obstacle, he can pretty much do one of three things: ignore it, accommodate it, or attack it.
Regarding Donald Trump’s commitment to stamping out both anti-Semitism and DEI-driven racial discrimination at Harvard and other elite “educational” enclaves, the first two options appear to be nonstarters. So, Trump being Trump, he’s going all in on the third option.
The Associated Press sets the stage this way: “On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go further than any other White House to reshape American higher education.”
We’re not so sure Harvard’s name is still “synonymous with prestige” — not after having been slapped by the Supreme Court two years ago for its racially discriminatory admissions policies, and not after having been taken to the woodshed by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik for its willingness to accommodate Jew hatred. But whatever.
Earlier this week, Harvard used its official X account to announce that it wouldn’t accede to the Trump administration’s demands to stamp out the DEI and the anti-Semitism in its midst: “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.”
Not the Bee called ‘em out: “The federal government forcing you to obey the constitution is not the same as the federal government taking you over. But when you’re as intellectually dull as the people that work at Harvard, that’s what you think.”
Meanwhile, intrepid author and Claremont Senior Fellow Jeremy Carl focused on another weakness in Harvard’s argument: “LOL. Your privilege is showing. You want the billions of dollars of federal funding, but you don’t want to be held accountable to the Federal government. It doesn’t work like that.”
