The University President Willing to Fight Trump

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🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Over the past few weeks, some of the most prestigious universities in the country have faced a threat to their very existence. President Trump has frozen billions of dollars in federal funds in an attempt to rid higher education of what he calls its woke ideology. Rachel Abrams speaks to the president of Princeton University, Christopher L. Eisgruber, who has vowed that to fight.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams. This is the Daily.
0:13.0	Over the past few weeks, some of the most prestigious universities in the country have faced a threat to their very existence from President Trump,
0:21.5	who has frozen billions of dollars in federal funds in an attempt to rid higher education
0:26.3	of what he calls its woke ideology. And the question now is, who will cut a deal and who will
0:33.4	fight? Today, my conversation with the president of Princeton University, Christopher Ice
0:40.4	Ruper, who has vowed that he will fight.
0:47.5	It's Wednesday, April 9th.
0:53.3	Hi. Hi. Hi, I'm Chris Iskhyber.
0:59.0	Hi, Rachel Abrams.
1:00.0	Thanks for coming here.
1:01.0	Yes, thank you for making the time for us.
1:02.0	You mind if I grab a cup of coffee?
1:04.0	He is, no, no.
1:05.0	You should definitely caffeinated.
1:07.0	Okay.
1:08.0	I'm already caffeinated, so I'm super caffeinated.
1:12.5	No, good.
1:13.1	We like that energy on the daily.
1:14.9	We're a high energy show.
1:17.3	All right.
1:18.3	Okay.
1:18.7	Come on back.
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