President Trump slammed Harvard College on Wednesday as having “lost its way” for hiring former New York Metropolis Mayor Invoice de Blasio, suggesting this was additional proof the college ought to now not obtain federal funds.
In a submit on Fact Social, Trump abruptly attacked de Blasio and onetime Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot as “two of the WORST and MOST INCOMPETENT mayors in the history of our country” and “Radical Left fools” — who he argued have been consultant of broader, left-leaning politics amongst Harvard school.
“Many others, like these Leftist dopes, are teaching at Harvard,” Trump stated, “and because of that, Harvard can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning … and should no longer receive Federal Funds.”
The Huge Apple’s erstwhile chief took the jab in stride: “The worst president in American history called me the worst mayor in American history,” de Blasio stated after an unrelated press convention in Decrease Manhattan on childcare.
Invoice de Blasio speaks to the media after a press convention saying baselining funding yearly for important teaching programs Wednesday, April 16, 2025 on the DOE headquarters in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Earlier this week, the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in federal grants and $60 million in contracts at Harvard, after the college introduced it might not adhere to calls for to dismantle variety initiatives and crack down on pro-Palestinian scholar protesters.
The federal authorities has additionally threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt standing.
“It really is surreal,” de Blasio stated. “He’s … talking about how to take money away from an institution that does research on science, on healthcare on curing diseases and on national security. It’s perverse. And then, he’s blaming them for hiring me years ago.”
Invoice de Blasio speaks throughout a press convention saying baselining funding yearly for important teaching programs Wednesday, April 16, 2025 on the DOE headquarters in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
In his on-line tirade, Trump claimed Harvard paid de Blasio and Lightfoot “ridiculously high salaries/fees.”
“Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’ who are only capable of teaching FAILURE,” the top of state wrote.
Former Mayor Invoice de Blasio listens to Mayor Eric Adams converse throughout a press convention saying baselining funding yearly for important teaching programs Wednesday, April 16, 2025 on the DOE headquarters in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
“This has reached a level of purely unacceptable stuff, not just because of the name-calling, but because he’s literally destroying an entire bipartisan consensus that’s gone on for decades: that we honor our universities,” de Blasio stated. “That’s dangerous for this country’s future.”
