President Donald Trump suggested on April 30 that Harvard University would no longer receive any government grants, as the Ivy League institution continued to refuse to eliminate its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) requirements and combat anti-Semitism on campus as requested by his administration.
“It looks like we are not going to be giving them any more grants, right, Linda?” the president said to Education Secretary Linda McMahon during remarks.
“A grant is at our discretion, and they are really not behaving well. So it’s too bad.”
The Trump administration froze billions of dollars in federal contracts and grants at the beginning of the month due to the school’s noncompliance with executive orders regarding DEI programs and anti-Semitism in higher education, specifically allegations of anti-Semitic activities during pro-Palestinian protests in the wake of Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel in October 2023 that triggered the ongoing Gaza war….