Despite Being Hailed As Resistance Hero, Harvard ‘frantically Tried’ To Work With Trump

Harvard University has been painted arsenic a beacon of guidance successful rejecting President Donald Trump’s demands that it alteration policies, however, a caller study revealed that influential schoolhouse figures person been "frantically" searching for ways to cooperate pinch nan administration.

A New York Times report published Tuesday revealed really galore of nan school’s leaders and awesome donors person pushed for nan schoolhouse to trim a woody pinch Trump down nan scenes, while it has been portrayed arsenic a fierce force of nan president.

"For weeks starring up to nan April 11 letter, nan corp took a very different stance toward nan Trump administration. At nan urging of immoderate of its biggest donors, nan corp frantically tried to trim a woody pinch Mr. Trump," The New York Times reported. 

HARVARD SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER 'UNLAWFUL' MULTIBILLION DOLLAR BUDGET CUTS

A New York Times study elaborate really influential Harvard donors person been urging schoolhouse leaders to activity pinch President Trump successful nan midst of nan Trump administration's feud pinch nan school. (Getty Images | iStock)

The study comes arsenic Trump continues his feud pinch nan Massachusetts-based assemblage for not complying pinch his administration’s database of demands for rooting retired antisemitism and progressive ideology connected campus.

Harvard President Alan M. Garber composed a connection successful consequence to Trump’s demands, stating that nan management has made it "clear that nan volition is not to activity pinch america to reside antisemitism successful a cooperative and constructive manner."

In response, Trump announced he was freezing $2.2 cardinal successful national grants to nan schoolhouse and later threatened nan school’s tax-exempt status. 

The president suspended national backing to each Ivy League, too Penn and Dartmouth, complete investigations into anti-Israel protests that person taken spot connected their campuses since October 2023.

Prior to Garber’s rejection of Trump’s schedule and nan media praise it received, The Times reported that nan school’s president and galore of Harvard’s astir influential donors had scrambled to activity retired a woody pinch Trump. 

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO PRESS HARVARD TO DELIVER ANTISEMITISM REPORT AFTER DELAY

The Trump management announced it was freezing complete $2 cardinal successful grants and contracts aft Harvard University said it would not comply pinch national demands regarding antisemitism. (AP Images)

"Over nan past month, arsenic it became clear that Mr. Trump was ratcheting up unit connected Harvard, nan school’s president, Dr. Alan Garber, looked for different ways into nan White House — including a imaginable gathering pinch Mr. Trump himself, according to 3 group briefed connected nan matter," nan Times reported.

Even aft nan schoolhouse officially rejected Trump’s demands, nan outlet noted that donors person continued to impulse nan schoolhouse to make thing activity pinch Trump.

Billionaire hedge money head John Paulson and Pershing Square main executive William A. Ackman said they "believe it is simply a correction to conflict pinch nan president, according to group who person [been] briefed connected their opinions," The Times reported.

It added that Garber and nan Harvard Corporation board’s elder fellow, Penny Pritzker, were urged by "many" donors connected a caller telephone to "settle nan dispute" pinch Trump. 

Some of these donors person expressed that Harvard hasn’t done capable to combat antisemitism connected field and that nan schoolhouse has ignored nan "rightward displacement of nan country." 

The Times provided an example: "Len Blavatnik, an lipid billionaire and 1 of President Trump’s apical donors, was truthful unhappy pinch nan business that he stopped giving money to Harvard and complained many times to Dr. Garber that nan schoolhouse had not reacted quickly nor done enough." However, a root adjacent to Blavatnik told nan outlet that nan philanthropist has since resumed his donations.

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The insubstantial besides noted really Harvard hired much blimpish committee members successful 2024 to woody pinch concerns its civilization was excessively left-leaning. 

Despite these changes and Garber’s optimism that Trump would beryllium cooperative pinch Harvard moreover aft proceeding that nan schoolhouse would beryllium scrutinized by his administration, The Times reported really nan Trump administration’s April 12 demands that nan schoolhouse unopen down its D.E.I. programs and reappraisal others, felt for illustration a "hostile takeover" to Garber. 

Following Trump’s notice, Harvard Corporation fellows rallied and "decided that Dr. Garber should merchandise a fiery rebuttal to Mr. Trump’s demands." However, arsenic things became much tense betwixt nan authorities and Harvard, "Many of nan donors implored nan corp to slow down and discuss for nan liking of nan institution, according to 3 donors connected nan call."

Garber has not relented successful his conflict pinch nan Trump management – Harvard sued nan Trump management connected Monday for trying to summation "unprecedented and improper control" – he did "concede" to donors connected a caller telephone "that nan White House had raised reasonable issues astir antisemitism," nan Times stated.

Dr. Garber did not instantly reply to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

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