Overview
- In a Truth Social post, the president said his administration will seek $1 billion in damages and will “have nothing more to do with” Harvard.
- He disputed a New York Times report that negotiators had dropped a $200 million payment request and threatened to sue the paper.
- Earlier discussions included a proposed $500 million settlement linked to vocational schools, which he now criticizes as insufficient.
- Harvard sued in April to recover more than $2 billion in research grants; a Boston judge ordered $2.2 billion released in September, and the government appealed in December.
- Trump ties his stance to pro‑Palestinian campus protests and allegations of antisemitism, while universities have split between fighting funding limits in court and complying.