Donald Trump intensifies his war against American universities: on Tuesday, he threatened Harvard to withdraw his tax advantages, even demanding public excuses, after the negative of the university to fulfill his mandates. The US president justified his position by accusing the institution of supporting “political and ideological madness, inspired by/supporting terrorism.”
This verbal escalation occurs after a decision already full of consequences: the immediate suspension of $ 2.2 billion in federal subsidies assigned to Harvard, one of the most prestigious universities of the IVY League. The Private University of Boston, with an inheritance exceeding 50 billion dollars, so far enjoys a federal and state tax exemption, which Donald Trump wishes to question.
“Harvard must apologize”
In Truth Social, he suggested that Harvard should “be imposed as a political entity” if she persisted in …