Saturday, May 24,2025. Annette’s News Roundup.
Trump’s war on education.
This interview with Charlie Rose makes clear what motivates Trump, if we didn’t know.
👇 Touch the link.
Folks, I'll say it again. Donald Trump's favorite pastime isn't golf. And it isn't real estate. It's revenge! He lives for it. It fuels this broken man like gas fuels a car. Check out this interview from 1992. The man has never changed. Harvard is just his latest target. pic.twitter.com/SgmFxRhglZ
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) May 22, 2025
Why Harvard in particular?
Was Trump rejected? Was Baron Trump rejected? Will we ever learn?
Read the Trump admin letter barring Harvard from enrolling international students. This is the link to the letter.
Harvard President Alan Garber responds. This is the link to the letter.
Highlight from the Garber response with the link in blue below that goes to the Harvard 72 page legal filing -👇
We have just filed a complaint, and a motion for a temporary restraining order will follow. As we pursue legal remedies, we will do everything in our power to support our students and scholars. The Harvard International Office will provide periodic updates as new information becomes available.
You don’t have to be Harvard to be endangered from a crazed, reckless, chaotic man.
All science, all research is in danger.
Here is what another University President says.
Help defend Yale’s teaching, research, and scholarship from Office of Maurie McInnis Yale President. This link takes you to President McInnis’ words.
One more thing.
You may have heard.
A judge issued a temporary restraining order against Trump’s attack on Harvard.
Harvard scores quick victory over Trump's attempt to ban foreign students
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's attempt to ban foreign students from attending Harvard within hours of the university filing its lawsuit Friday.
Why it matters: Harvard is becoming the litmus test of how far the Trump administration will go to try taking down colleges and universities it considers to have liberal biases.
The swift decision from Judge Allison D. Burroughs is another blow to President Trump's efforts to cow the elite college. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect at least until an upcoming status hearing on the case.
Burroughs agreed with Harvard that letting the ban go into effect while the case is litigated could cause the university "immediate and irreparable injury."
What they're saying: Harvard said that the foreign student ban was retaliation from the Trump administration for opposing its efforts to assert control over elite universities.
"The revocation continues a series of government actions to retaliate against Harvard for our refusal to surrender our academic independence and to submit to the federal government's illegal assertion of control over our curriculum, our faculty, and our student body," Harvard President Alan Garber said in a statement.
Catch up quick: On Thursday, the Trump administration barred Harvard's ability to enroll international students and said those currently enrolled should transfer to another school or leave the U.S.
The administration requested that Harvard's international student records be provided within 72 hours.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Trump administration's actions toward Harvard should serve as a "warning to every other university to get your act together." She said the university was being held "accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus."(Axios)
More madness from the mad, delusional king, drunk on power, who thinks he rules the world.
Do yourself a favor. Do this on Monday.
