The article discusses the alarming actions of the Trump administration targeting Columbia University, highlighting the cancellation of $400 million in federal grants and contracts. This unprecedented move, amid accusations of the university allowing harassment of Jewish students, raises questions about the administration's motivations and intentions. The article further emphasizes the hypocrisy in Trump's sudden concern for antisemitism, while also critiquing the broader context of racism and discrimination that persists in the nation. The implications of such funding cuts could potentially cripple the university, posing a significant threat to its operations and academic freedom.
The sheer volume of the vindictiveness and lawlessness flowing daily from the Trump administration makes it difficult to focus on any one transgression.
Never before has anything like this happened in the history of the republic.
Cuts of the magnitude hinted at in the announcement would at least cripple the university and potentially render it unable to operate in anything like its current form.
Antisemitism is real, but it is not limited to higher education and not something about which Donald Trump and the people around him genuinely care.
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