‘No Wokeness or Jihadism Allowed’: Trump Announces Plan to Create His Own Public University

Former President Donald Trump announced his plan to reform higher education and offer his followers a safe space devoid of “wokeness” and “jihadism.” In a lengthy video message first shared on Truth Social Wednesday afternoon, Trump announced his plan to “collect” funds from private university endowments and to open an alternative university called the “American Academy.”

“In recent weeks, Americans have been horrified to see students and faculty at Harvard and other once-respected universities expressing support for the savages and jihadists who attacked Israel,” Trump began, adding:

We spend more money on higher education than any other country, and yet they’re turning our students into communists and terrorists and sympathizers of many, many different dimensions. We can’t let this happen. It’s time to offer something dramatically different. Under the plan I’m announcing today, we will take the billions and billions of dollars that we will collect by taxing, fining and suing excessively large private university endowments.

And we will then use that money to endow a new institution called the American Academy. Its mission will be to make a truly worldclass education available to every American. Free of charge and do it without adding a single dime to the federal debt. This institution will gather an entire universe of the highest quality educational content covering the full spectrum of human knowledge and skills, and make that material available to every American citizen online for free.

“Whether you want lectures or ancient histories, or an introduction to financial accounting or training in a skilled trade, the goal will be to deliver it and get it done properly using study groups, mentors, industry partnerships and the latest breakthrough in computing. This will be a truly top-tier education option for the people,” Trump added.

This would not be Trump’s first foray into trying to build a university. Trump University, a real estate training program, ran from 2005 to 2010 and resulted in several class action lawsuits against Trump and his company, which he settled in 2016 for tens of millions of dollars.

“It will be strictly nonpolitical and there will be no wokeness or jihadism allowed. None of that’s going to be allowed,” Trump added in his video announcement.

“Most importantly, the American Academy will compete directly with the existing and very costly four-year university system by granting students degree credentials that the US government and all federal contractors will henceforth recognize,” he insisted, concluding:

The Academy will award the full and complete equivalent of a bachelor’s degree. In addition to help the 40 million Americans who have some college education but no degree. The American Academy will grant credit for past coursework at legacy institutions and give you the chance to complete your education at the American Academy for free and much more quickly than is now possible or available. This will be a revolution in higher education and will provide life-changing opportunities for tens of millions of our citizens. Enjoy it. Learn from it and thank you.

Watch the full clip above.