Trump Pledges to Defund Colleges Fostering ‘Anti-Semitic Propaganda’

A wave of student protests that polarized campuses occurred at prominent schools such as Columbia, Harvard, NYU, and others starting late last year.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold a short rally after marching around the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in the West Lawn of Columbia University in New York City on April 29, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

American universities could lose accreditation and federal support due to continued anti-Semitic rhetoric, should former President Donald Trump win the presidential election in November.

Trump announced his intent to penalize “anti-Semitic propaganda” while speaking to more than 1,000 Republican Jewish Coalition donors in Las Vegas on Sept. 5.