President Donald Trump is continuing his second-term assault on Harvard University with a Memorial Day threat to pull $3 billion in federal grants while signaling an unexpected potential beneficiary if he follows through: America's trade schools.
"I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS all across our land," Trump wrote in the May 26 Truth Social post. "What a great investment that would be for the USA, and so badly needed!!!"
Trump and Harvard have been at odds since shortly after his January inauguration, with the Republican president targeting the Ivy League school's tax-exempt status, its federal funding, its international student body, its diversity programs and more.
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Trump vs. Harvard: President threatens to shift $3 billion in US grants to trade schools
- by: Davis Winkie, USA TODAY
- 05.26.25
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- 05/27/2025
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