L’université d’Harvard s’oppose à Donald Trump et perd 2,2 milliards de dollars de subventions

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16/04/2025

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00:00Tonight, it's an all-out battle between Harvard University and the Trump administration.

00:05The White House accusing the school of not addressing anti-Semitism on campus.

00:09We unfortunately saw that illegal discrimination take place on the campus of Harvard.

00:14There are countless examples to prove it.

00:16The Department of Education freezing more than $2 billion in federal money

00:20after Harvard refused to accept a long list of demands taking aim at its culture and curriculum,

00:26the school's defiance being embraced by some on campus.

00:30I think it was so important because this attack on Harvard wasn't just an attack on Harvard.

00:34It's an attack on higher education.

00:36And in that sense, it's an attack on a pillar of American civil society.

00:39Today, President Trump also threatening to revoke the university's tax-exempt status,

00:44accusing the school of pushing political, ideological, and terrorist-inspired sickness.

00:50Harvard University's president says the school has taken steps to address anti-Semitism on campus

00:55and calls the federal government's tactics a violation of the school's First Amendment rights.

01:00Former President Barack Obama weighing in today, applauding Harvard's decision.

01:05Harvard has set an example for other higher ed institutions,

01:08rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom.

01:14Federal funding has been paused for schools around the country,

01:16including Columbia, Penn, Princeton, and Northwestern,

01:19the money being used as a cudgel to try to force cultural change.

01:24Harvard has the largest endowment of them all, over $53 billion.

01:28But there are restrictions over how that money can be spent.

01:31So pulling federal grants will still hurt.

01:34And the whole country will feel it,

01:36according to the president of the American Council on Education.

01:38This freeze will hamper Harvard's ability to produce new technologies,

01:44new biomedical discoveries, new outreach in public health.

01:48We will be in worse shape as a nation because of these freezes.

01:54All right, Stephanie joins us now in studio.

01:56And Stephanie, Harvard is luring up,

01:58and they're getting attorneys with conservative credentials?

02:00Yeah, they are.

02:01They haven't filed a lawsuit yet,

02:02but they've hired these two high-profile Republican attorneys.

02:06One, the former deputy counsel for President George W. Bush.

02:09The other, the former special counsel who investigated Joe Biden

02:13and his handling of classified documents.

02:15So it seems like they're getting ready to go to court talk.

02:18All right, Stephanie Goss leading us off tonight.

02:20Stephanie, we thank you for that.

02:21Thanks for watching.

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