Trump Announces He’s ‘Reached a Deal’ With Harvard After Months-Long Feud With University

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his administration had “reached a deal” with Harvard University after months of feuding.

Early on in his second term, Trump sought to remove diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives by threatening to pull federal funding from any entity that makes use of them. That also went for universities across the country.

Trump also tried to quell anti-Israel speech on college campus, which he conflated with anti-Semitism and pro-Hamas speech.

Harvard leadership made it clear it would not cave to Trump’s demands in spite of his threats to pull funding. In early September, a judge blocked the Trump administration’s funding freeze on Harvard.

During a press conference in the White House on Tuesday, Trump was joined by members of his cabinet to announced a health initiative aimed about combating child cancer. As the president was introducing everyone in the room, he revealed that he and Education Secretary Linda McMahon had reached some kind of deal with the university.

“Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, who’s so fantastic,” Trump began. “And I guess we reached a deal with Harvard today. All you have to do is paper it, right, Linda?”

McMahon responded, “Yes, sir.”

“That’ll be great, though,” Trump continued. “It’s gonna have to do with something that’s very important to everyone.”

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