President Donald Trump said on social media on June 20 that he has been talking with Harvard University officials regarding their “large-scale improprieties” and expects to announce a historic deal soon.
“They have acted extremely appropriately during these negotiations, and appear to commit to doing what is right,” he wrote on Truth Social, noting that a “mindbogglingly” historic settlement with the Ivy League institution will be announced within “the next week or so.”
The battle began earlier this year following Trump’s executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism and DEI initiatives in higher education. The president froze billions in federal funding for medical research, prompting a lawsuit from Harvard, which called the move unconstitutional and a violation of free speech….