Trump: Former President ‘Claudine Gay Has Set Harvard Back 50 to 100 Years’

The tenure of Harvard’s first black president was just six months and is the shortest in the university’s history.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after arriving for his civil business fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in New York City, on Dec. 7, 2023. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump said that Harvard’s former president, Claudine Gay, has set the university back by decades following her resignation over plagiarism accusations and her handling of anti-Semitism on campus.

“Claudine Gay has set Harvard back 50 to 100 years,” the former president said on Truth Social on Jan. 4. “Other than that, she has done a great job!!!”