Trump Castigates Harvard Faculty, Claudine Gay on Truth Social

United States President Donald Trump argued that Harvard “can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning” in a scathing post on Truth Social just two days after his administration cut off $2.2 billion in federal grants and contracts to the University.

Trump’s Wednesday post marked his fiercest broadside yet against Harvard — and is a sign that the cut in funding may only be the preview of an impending crusade against the University.

In the post, Trump argued that Harvard’s professoriate was responsible for disseminating “hate and stupidity” to students.

“Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’ who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called future leaders,” he wrote.

A Harvard spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump also took aim at former Harvard President Claudine Gay, who he called a “plagiarizing president” that “embarrassed Harvard” during her now infamous congressional testimony that led to her resignation.

“When it got so bad that they just couldn’t take it anymore, they moved this grossly inept woman into another position, teaching, rather than firing her ON THE SPOT,” he wrote.

Gay has not held an administrative position at Harvard since her resignation, but serves as a faculty member and teaches a small reading group.

Trump also criticized Harvard’s decision to hire former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and, more recently, former Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot as fellows at the Institute of Politics and Harvard School of Public Health, respectively.

Trump’s latest and more aggressive tirade against Harvard — which included a Tuesday threat to pull its tax-exempt status — comes after Harvard President Alan M. Garber rejected demands from the White House on Monday.

—Staff writer Dhruv T. Patel can be reached at dhruv.patel@thecrimson.com. Follow him on X @dhruvtkpatel.

—Staff writer Grace E. Yoon can be reached at grace.yoon@thecrimson.com. Follow her on X @graceunkyoon.