US President Donald Trump has threatened to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status after the elite institution refused to comply with far-reaching policy changes ordered by the White House.
In a post on his Truth Social network, Trump said Harvard “should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity” if it does not submit to his demands.
The president had already frozen $2.2 billion in federal funds and $60 million in government contracts in response to Harvard’s defiance.
In a letter to students and faculty, Harvard president Alan Garber had vowed to defy the government, insisting that the school would not “negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights.”
Trump’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism responded Monday with a statement announcing the $2.2 billion hold in multi-year grants, plus a freeze on $60 million in government contracts.
AFP
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