Donald Trump is upping his threats to Harvard, and I am okay with that as long as he stays within the law in doing so.
Trump’s first shot across the bow came when he froze some funding for Harvard, rightly accusing them of violating civil rights laws. The accusation itself is clearly true–as I wrote yesterday, Harvard’s own Presidential Task Force outlines a pattern of violations that are sweeping in scope and longstanding. Every dollar given to Harvard in recent years has been done so in violation of federal law, and if Trump really wanted to hurt them, he could bankrupt them with fines.
Now, Trump is threatening to take away their status as a nonprofit institution, which would make them subject to enormous tax liabilities.
Are you sure? https://t.co/qDvrZAu1QY
— David Mastio (@DavidMastio) May 2, 2025
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