christiefan915
Catalyst
Add this to the growing list of trump screw-ups. SOS, DD. 
"The sweeping set of demands President Donald Trump’s administration insisted Harvard University comply with last Friday was sent to the elite institution by mistake and should never have hit their inbox, according to the New York Times.
But by the time Harvard received “a frantic call from a Trump official,” the following Monday, it was too late. The university had already defied the president’s demands for control, “setting off a tectonic battle between one of the country’s most prestigious universities and a U.S. president,” the Times reported.
“The April 11 letter from the White House’s task force on antisemitism, this official told Harvard, should not have been sent and was ‘unauthorized,’ two people familiar with the matter said,” according to the Friday report...
In a statement Friday, Harvard remained critical of the administration.
“It remains unclear to us exactly what, among the government’s recent words and deeds, were mistakes or what the government actually meant to do and say,” Harvard said in a statement obtained by the Times. “But even if the letter was a mistake, the actions the government took this week have real-life consequences” on students and employees and “the standing of American higher education in the world.”
"The sweeping set of demands President Donald Trump’s administration insisted Harvard University comply with last Friday was sent to the elite institution by mistake and should never have hit their inbox, according to the New York Times.
But by the time Harvard received “a frantic call from a Trump official,” the following Monday, it was too late. The university had already defied the president’s demands for control, “setting off a tectonic battle between one of the country’s most prestigious universities and a U.S. president,” the Times reported.
“The April 11 letter from the White House’s task force on antisemitism, this official told Harvard, should not have been sent and was ‘unauthorized,’ two people familiar with the matter said,” according to the Friday report...
In a statement Friday, Harvard remained critical of the administration.
“It remains unclear to us exactly what, among the government’s recent words and deeds, were mistakes or what the government actually meant to do and say,” Harvard said in a statement obtained by the Times. “But even if the letter was a mistake, the actions the government took this week have real-life consequences” on students and employees and “the standing of American higher education in the world.”
