A big theme of the messaging of the second Trump presidency so far has been that Trump is doing

exactly what he promised on the campaign trail.

We are going to choke off the money to schools that aid the Marxist assault on our American

heritage and on Western civilization itself.

For example, take what he said about colleges and universities.

We will cut federal funding for any school or program pushing critical race theory,

gender ideology, or other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content onto our children.

When he accused Columbia University of tolerating anti-Semitism and demanded it change its policies around protests and masks,

place its Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies Department under academic receivership,

and give campus police

new arrest powers or risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding,

Colombia appeared to comply and made a series of policy changes and enhanced restrictions

on demonstrations.

Critics saw that as caving to the Trump administration's demands.

But university leadership then sent a note to students saying it would not allow the government to, quote,

require us to relinquish our independence on autonomy and would reject any orchestration that could damage the institution or reforms.

It is also promised to address concerns about anti-Semitism and discrimination.

Well, earlier this week, Harvard University facing similar threats, said, we're not budging.

Harvard said tonight that it was rejecting a list of demands from the administration on sweeping

changes and would fight back against them.

Harvard's president writing in a statement this, in part, no government regardless of which

party is in power should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit

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