Trump says Harvard’s agreement almost finalized to restore federal subsidies
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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration was about to conclude an agreement with Harvard University to restore $ 2.4 billion in federal subsidies.
“I guess we have entered into an agreement with Harvard today. All you have to do is paper, no, Linda?” Trump asked the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in the Oval Office.
“Yes, sir. Papare it,” she replied.
The colony talks distribute between the Trump and Harvard administration: report
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration was approaching an agreement with Harvard University to restore billions of federal funds. (Getty Images)
“We are in the process of getting closer, and Linda ends the end details, and they would pay around $ 500 million,” said Trump. “And they will exploit business schools, and they will teach people how to do an AI and many other things. Motors, a lot.”
Trump and Harvard fought against his decision to reduce billions of federal funds. The terms of the agreement were not clearly indicated.
Earlier this year, the Trump administration was $ 2.2 billion in university funding and threatened to revoke its tax exemption status due to the alleged absence of the Ivy League school to fight anti -Semitism on campus.
The American blocks Trump are trying to freeze more than $ 2 billion in Harvard funds
Harvard pro-Palestinian protests (Getty Images)
Harvard succeeded in contesting the frost before the court, a judge accusing the administration of the armament of anti -Semitism as a pretext for “ideologically motivated assault” at university.
The Trump and Harvard administration almost reached a colony in August. The conditions of the agreement asked Harvard to spend $ 500 million on labor programs in exchange for the restoration of billions of federal funds.
Fox News Digital contacted Harvard and the White House.
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Trump threatened other universities for their alleged failures to slow anti-Semitism during anti-Israeli demonstrations.
Marc Tamasco of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
