Bill Ackman discusses President Trump's battle with Harvard

Bill Ackman discusses President Trump's battle with Harvard.

Bill Ackman: "The wrong thing to do is receive a letter from the Administration and write back saying: we're doing nothing and in fact, we're going to sue you."

"What Harvard should have done is say: President Trump - you make some good points. Taxpayer money coming to Harvard is a privilege, not a right."

Taxpayer money going to an institution - an institution cannot have massive amounts of administrative bloat, waste, bureaucracy- we're going to eliminate it."

Bill Ackman goes further on the culture at Harvard.

"There is not viewpoint diversity at Harvard. Students are self-censoring their remarks in classrooms. Faculty are doing the same - people are afraid to have real conversations. You go to college to be exposed to a broad array of ideas - and that's not happening at Harvard. Free speech is not happening."

On Trump trying to make a deal with Harvard.

"He (President Trump) wants to make a deal. Make a deal with the President. Commit to fix these things, which by the way, your alumni want you to fix - it's in the best interest of Harvard. Treat shareholder taxpayer money as a fiduciary."

Fair or unfair to take the tax exempt status away?

"I think it's fair. Harvard became over time a political advocacy organization for one party. When a University goes from being a University to effecting and becoming a political activist organization - it doesn't deserve a non-profit status."

"Harvard should be a place where students go to learn and the best research gets done. It shouldn't be a place that is allowing pro-terrorist orgs on campus and only allows certain kinds of thinking and speech on campus - that's a political advocacy organization - not a University."

Bill Ackman @BillAckman discusses President Trump's battle with Harvard.

Bill Ackman: "The wrong thing to do is receive a letter from the Administration and write back saying: we're doing nothing and in fact, we're going to sue you."

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