My Advice for Ivy League Universities: Take the Trump Deal Before It’s Too Late

My Advice for Ivy League Universities: Take the Trump Deal Before It’s Too Late | Victor Davis Hanson

Does Harvard really want the Trump administration to air their dirty laundry?

On Monday, Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its withholding of $2 billion in federal grants, saying the action was “unlawful.”

The Trump administration hasn’t budged on its list of demands, which include holding antisemitic student and facility accountable to abolishing DEI offices/practices.

However, does Harvard really want all the information about their endowments, lack of intellectual diversity and due process, separate racial graduations, safe spaces and use of student loans made public?

I doubt so, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”

“If I were the presidents of these major universities, I would do this: I would make a deal with the Trump administration. And I would welcome it because then I would tell my radical students, "You can't wear a mask. I'd like you to, but the federal government won't let me." Or, "We can't have racially segregated dorms anymore, theme houses. I'd like to, but it's against the law." And that would be their way out. Is that going to happen?

“I don't think so.”

My Advice for Ivy League Universities: Take the Trump Deal Before It’s Too Late | Victor Davis Hanson

Does Harvard really want the Trump administration to air their dirty laundry?

On Monday, Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its… pic.twitter.com/3vRU6kjjaH

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