President Donald Trump threatened Harvard University‘s tax-exempt status, the latest escalation in a battle over its campus policies.
“Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting ‘Sickness?’” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST!”
The Trump administration has been warring with Harvard and other universities for weeks, with the president accusing them of failing to crack down on antisemitic behavior following last year’s protests over Israel’s war in Gaza.
Trump announced Monday that he was freezing some $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts with Harvard, following its vow not to comply with his wishes regarding protest activity and other on-campus activism.
It was the seventh such move taken against…
