From the Harvard Crimson: President Donald J. Trump demanded that Harvard pay “nothing less than $500 million” in order to restore its federal funding, calling the University “very bad” during a Cabinet meeting [last] Tuesday. “We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don’t negotiate, Linda,” Trump said, addressing Education Secretary Linda E. McMahon. “They’ve been very bad. Don’t negotiate.”
McMahon acknowledged the remark but did not respond further. Though the figure has been widely circulated in media reports, Trump’s comments marked the first time the White House has publicly attached a specific $500 million sum to Harvard’s case. The clock is ticking closer to a ruling in Harvard’s challenge of the Trump administration’s freeze of more than $2 billion in research grants. The University asked U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs to rule in the lawsuit before Sept. 3 — the date by which Harvard must start closing out federally funded projects if funding remains suspended. Harvard’s lawyers have said that a decision past that date could make it easier for the Trump administration to avoid restoring the frozen grants...
Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/8/27/trump-500-million-mcmahon/.
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