Victor Davis Hanson: Harvard, You’re Entitled to Nothing

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🗓️ 29 May 2025

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Sorry, Harvard, but we’re not going to give you billions of taxpayer dollars, no questions asked. The Trump administration is set to eliminate its remaining government contracts with Harvard University, totally over $100 million, reports the New York Times. This comes off the heels of the administration’s commitment to also prevent the once prestigious university from enrolling foreign student. The federal government does not have an obligation to blindly give a private university billions of dollars of taxpayer money, just like immigration officials are not forced to automatically give visas to foreign nationals, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:” “I think the argument from the administration that maybe our right-wing friends are missing is not that the Trump administration doesn't have a right to go in and micromanage. They're just saying, ‘I don't really wanna give Harvard any money. They've got $53 billion. They're private. They're not public institutions. But you know, if they ask us and they want money, then we have to look at why we would give it to them.’ “And it's kind of like Mr. Smith coming from Korea or Mr. Jones coming from Sweden. We look at them and we don't really think they add to the Americans. So, we don't have an invitation.’” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: https://secured.dailysignal.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.7	Recently, Donald Trump has escalated his struggle with Harvard University. Harvard had not really followed the letter of the law,
0:39.3	according to the 2002 Supreme Court ruling.
0:43.3	I think there's no question that there is a climate of anti-Semitism.
0:47.3	Recently, two Harvard students who assaulted a Jewish student,
0:51.3	one of whom was kind of rewarded with a $65,000 honorarium through
0:57.0	the auspices of the law school. Another one was given an honorific title at a graduation
1:02.0	of the Divinity School of Marshall. There was a lot of cause for Donald Trump to suggest,
1:07.0	I don't need this, the country doesn't need this. They've got $53 billion.
1:11.6	They're private.
1:12.6	They're not public institutions.
1:14.6	But you know, if they ask us and they want money,
1:16.6	then we have to look at why we would give it to them.
1:19.6	Hello. Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hansson for the Daily Signal.
1:35.5	Recently, Donald Trump has escalated his struggle with Harvard University.
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