Elitist Harvard Standing Ground Against Trump Or Something

Nothing says standing your ground like supporting Jew hatred, Hamas and Islamic extremism, and the destruction of America.

Why Harvard is standing its ground against Trump

The oldest and wealthiest university in America — long a training ground for cultural elites — is quickly becoming a face of the resistance to President Donald Trump.

Harvard University vowed this week to fight a wide-ranging set of demands from the Trump administration, pitting the biggest name brand in American higher education against the White House and setting up a remarkable clash of power that could wind up in court.

The fight is quickly escalating. Federal officials have frozen more than $2 billion in grants to the university after it refused to comply with policy changes requested by the Trump administration, including to crack down on student protests, change admissions and hiring practices and submit to government audits. Trump on Tuesday suggested on social media that Harvard could lose its tax-exempt status and instead “be Taxed as a Political Entity.”

Harvard, fueled by a massive endowment valued at more than $53 billion and a powerful alumni network, is now uniquely positioned to become the most prominent U.S. institution yet to actively fight Trump’s efforts to bend elements of American civil society to his will.

Court? Why court? They can simply not take federal money. They get enough from donors. But, they got used to that sweet, sweet, strings free money from Los Federales….well, Harvard was expected to take the Democrat line in what they say and what they publish and vote Democrat. It’s a dual parasitic relationship, much like with public unions. They just never thought that this relationship could be targeted by an opposition administration. Unfortunately for them, they allowed anti-Jew and pro-Hamas demonstrations to rage on their campus and became visible.

“Politicians have traditionally, bottom line, been proud of the fact that American higher education was the envy of the world,” said Thomas Parker, a Harvard alum who is a senior associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy, a Washington-based advocacy organization. “It is unprecedented for the view to be the opposite.”

Taking a line of Jew hatred and support for Islamic extremism makes them proud?

Harvard now must decide whether to negotiate with the Trump administration or fight back in court. The university is being represented by two lawyers with significant street credibility on the right: William A. Burck, who has represented many Trump allies in legal disputes, and Robert Hur, a Harvard alum who authored a report on former President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents that conservatives cited as evidence of his mental decline during the 2024 campaign.

Fight back? Again, for what, taxpayer money they do not deserve? They can simply say “keep it” and move on with their Jew hatred. And things like racism in choosing students. Which is also against federal law. Even for private institutions.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that Harvard “has not taken the administration’s demand seriously.”

“All the president is asking is, don’t break federal law, and then you can have your federal funding,” she said. Leavitt added that Trump “wants to see Harvard apologize” for “the egregious antisemitism that took place on their college campus against Jewish American students.”

Realistically, Los Federales shouldn’t be funding private colleges with taxpayer money to start with. If you take the money, though, it means the feds have a say in operations. Of course, the feds have a say when it comes to admission and hiring practices per law regardless of being private. And all those education laws passed by Democrats means the feds have a say when there is rampant Jew hatred on campus. Remember, Harvard was sued by students

“Jewish students are bullied and spat on, intimidated, and threatened, and subject to verbal and physical harassment,” the lawsuit said.

That would be a violation of federal education laws. And when it is institutionalized, and the school is only taking token steps to stop it.

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