Monday, May 12, 2025

Obama’s “Donald Trump after he freezes Harvard funding”

Tensions between former President Barack Obama and former President Donald Trump have reignited, this time over the future of higher education.

During a recent speech at Hamilton College, Obama criticized Trump’s policies, warning of a decline in American core values under his leadership. His remarks underscore a growing ideological divide, particularly as universities become battlegrounds for cultural and political conflicts.

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The debate has intensified with Harvard University’s high-stakes standoff against the Trump administration. Federal officials have frozen $2.3 billion in funding, demanding the school dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, ban masks at protests, and adopt strictly merit-based admissions.

The administration frames these measures as necessary to combat antisemitism, while critics accuse it of weaponizing federal power to impose a partisan agenda.