Harvard is defiant against the Trump administration’s action against it

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social and asked about foreign countries not paying for the education of their citizens attending Harvard. Trump criticized the fact that Harvard, like other universities, requested federal grants from the U.S. government. Harvard’s staff is doubling down on actions that the Trump administration wants them to discontinue.

From Fox News:

“Why isn’t Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from FOREIGN LANDS, and yet those countries, some not at all friendly to the United States, pay NOTHING toward their student’s education, nor do they ever intend to,” Trump wrote early Sunday morning on Truth Social. “Nobody told us that!”

“We want to know who those foreign students are, a reasonable request since we give Harvard BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, but Harvard isn’t exactly forthcoming,” he continued. “We want those names and countries. Harvard has $52,000,000, use it, and stop asking for the Federal Government to continue GRANTING money to you!”

On Friday, a judge temporarily blocked the administration from canceling Harvard’s student visa program after the university filed a lawsuit against the federal government.

Harvard argued that the policy would affect more than 7,000 visa holders — nearly a quarter of the student body — and that the administration’s effort is a “blatant violation of the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act,” according to its court filing.

“It is the latest act by the government in clear retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to reject the government’s demands to control Harvard’s governance, curriculum, and the ‘ideology’ of its faculty and students,” Harvard wrote in its complaint.

Additional Reading:

Mion, L. (2025, May 25). Trump says Harvard’s foreign students are from countries paying ‘nothing’ for their education. Fox News. Link.

Category: Donald Trump, Society