Trump vs. Harvard: Donald Trump Seeks $1 Billion From Harvard
Washington : US President Donald Trump would seek $1 billion in damages from Harvard University after a New York Times report claimed that the college had won some concessions in negotiations with the government on Monday.
On Truth Social Platform Trump wrote, “We are now seeking One Billion Dollars In damages, and want nothing further to do, into the future, with Harvard University”.
For promoting so called “woke” idealogy trump has cited Harvard and other colleges in this regard during failed efforts to protect jewish studenst during pro-palestinian priotest, demanding exorbitant payouts and filing legal complaints. Critics see this as a tactic to create panic amongst the liberal universities by the Trump administration.
Last summer, Columbia University, another Ivy League university, promised to abide by regulations prohibiting it from considering race in hiring or admissions and agreed to pay the Trump administration $200 million.
However, following lengthy negotiations, the New York Times reported earlier on Monday that Trump had abandoned his administration’s demands for a $200 million settlement payment from Harvard.
In September of last year, Trump informed reporters that talks with Harvard were nearing a $500 million settlement, which included the creation of trade schools.In his statement late Monday night, Trump stated, “They wanted to implement a complex job training concept, but it was rejected because it was completely insufficient and would not have been, in our opinion, successful.”
He continued without naming the specific laws that Harvard was accused of breaking, saying, “It was just a way of Harvard getting out of a large cash settlement of more than 500 Million Dollars, a number that should be much higher for the serious and heinous illegalities that they have committed.”
Along with this, the University of Pennsylvania also announced that it would bar transgender women from taking part in any woman’s sports obeying Trump’s administration concerns last year.