Donald Trump threatens to remove Harvard’s tax exemption

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Donald Trump has doubled to confront his administration with Harvard University with a threat to remove the university’s tax exemption status.

His warning came less than a day after the White House said that he would freeze more than $ 2.2 billion of Harvard’s funding after the university refused to comply with the demands of a series of reforms to its governance and the discipline of students.

“Harvard University may lose its tax -exempt status and taxes are imposed on it as a political entity if it continues to pay the political, ideological and terrorist” disease “? books On the social truth platform.

Trump’s threat adds to concerns among higher education institutions in the United States that the government intends to expand its attacks on what it claims has failed to address the alleged anti -Semitism in universities.

The Trump administration is considering removing the state of tax exemption for American universities and reforming the accreditation system, which makes it eligible to obtain federal financing, including student loans.

“I think that many Americans are asking why their tax dollars have made these universities when not only our nation’s students are indoctrinated, but also allow illegal behavior of the group of this group,” said White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitte on Tuesday.

She added: “The president’s position in this matter is based on a decisive basis, in the basic principle of the fact that American Jewish students, or students of any faith, should not be subjected to illegally harassment and targeting them on the campus of universities in our nation, and we unfortunately saw that illegal discrimination occurs on the Harvard University campus.”

Harvard University said that the administration’s demands have ended on academic freedom and lack the due legal procedures.

“The university will not surrender its independence or give up its constitutional rights,” said Alan Garper, President of Harvard University on Monday.

The university is the first high -level institution that resists administration’s demands after several weeks of threats and freezing grants.

Unlike Harvard, New York Columbia University of Management bowed Requirements were reduced after $ 400 million in grants, which have not yet been returned. Instead, the government plans to do an aggressive approval to supervise the court to supervise the university.

But there are signs that universities have started challenging management. Jonathan Levin, President of Stanford University, said: “Harvard’s objections to the message he received are rooted in the American tradition of freedom, which is a necessary tradition for the universities of our country, and it deserves defense,” said Jonathan Levin, President of Stanford University.

He added: “The way to bring about a constructive change is not by destroying the nation’s ability to scientific research, or through the government that leads a private institution.”

The networks of university professors and teachers have already filed a lawsuit against the administration, and there are broader procedures under the challenge of freezing a blanket through universities on scholarships related to topics, including diversity, fairness and integration.

Universities also challenge the maximum indirect costs associated with grants throughout the country from the National Institutes of Health and the Ministry of Energy.