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Why Trump’s at war with Harvard University

Why Trump’s at war with Harvard University

It’s an almighty fight. In one corner is Donald Trump and the other Harvard, one of the oldest institutions in America. The US president wants to defund the university, attacking it for alleged anti-Semitism on campus. But Harvard’s retaliating, making it among the few major institutions in the US willing to take Trump on. Today, Geoff Kabaservice from the centre-right think tank the Niskanen Center on why Trump’s targeting Harvard and whether Americans will stand for it. Featured: Geoff Kabaservice, vice president for political studies at the Niskanen Center in Washington, DC

ABC News Daily · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

May 8, 2025

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It’s an almighty fight. In one corner is Donald Trump and the other Harvard, one of the oldest institutions in America.

The US president wants to defund the university, attacking it for alleged anti-Semitism on campus. But Harvard’s retaliating, making it among the few major institutions in the US willing to take Trump on.

Today, Geoff Kabaservice from the centre-right think tank the Niskanen Center on why Trump’s targeting Harvard and whether Americans will stand for it. 

Featured: 

Geoff Kabaservice, vice president for political studies at the Niskanen Center in Washington, DC

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