Trump’s Academic Assault: Weaponizing Federal Power Against Education.
The Trump Administration’s Attack On Universities Is Profoundly Disturbing.
Opinion
The Trump Administration’s Attack On Universities Is Profoundly Disturbing.
In a chilling display of authoritarian overreach, the Trump administration has launched what appears to be a coordinated campaign of financial warfare against American universities that refuse to bow to his political agenda.
The latest target in this academic purge is the University of Maine System, which learned Tuesday that the USDA has abruptly “paused” nearly $30 million in critical funding — money that supports agricultural research, youth development, and assistance to struggling farmers. The timing is hardly coincidental, coming just weeks after President Trump publicly threatened Maine’s Governor Janet Mills with funding cuts during a contentious White House exchange over transgender rights.
“We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get federal funding,” Trump warned Mills when she stood firm on following her state’s laws protecting transgender rights. Her defiant respon…
