Ivy League Meltdown: Columbia’s Failure to Protect Jewish Students
The Trump administration took decisive action last week to cancel $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University after years of unchecked antisemitic harassment on campus (DOJ statement). Internal investigations revealed Columbia allowed violent agitators to menace Jewish students during pro-Palestinian protests, with administrators refusing to enforce basic disciplinary standards. The Department of Education documented 37 incidents since October 2023 where masked protesters chanted genocidal slogans like “Globalize the Intifada” outside Jewish student housing—all met with zero expulsions (Politico).
“Canceling these taxpayer funds is our strongest signal yet that the Federal Government is not going to be party to an educational institution like Columbia that does not protect Jewish students and staff.” — Leo Terrell, DOJ Senior Counsel, March 7, 2025
Trump’s 9-Point Plan to Restore Order
President Trump’s administration issued non-negotiable demands to Columbia, including:
- Academic receivership for the Middle Eastern Studies department, a known hub for anti-Israel activism (Inside Higher Ed)
- Mandatory expulsion for students caught intimidating peers
- Ban on face coverings used to evade accountability during riots
- Admissions overhaul to end discriminatory practices against conservative applicants
These measures mirror Trump’s 2025 Executive Order on Campus Free Speech, which requires universities receiving federal funds to uphold First Amendment protections for all students (NYT).
The Deep State’s Ivy League Playbook
While MSNBC frames this as “government overreach” (source), records show Columbia’s leadership:
- Ignored 14 federal warnings about antisemitism since 2023
- Allowed professors in the Middle Eastern Studies program to teach Hamas propaganda as “historical analysis”
- Blocked campus police from arresting protesters who assaulted Jewish students
This institutional rot mirrors the DOJ’s findings in 2024 that 83% of Ivy League antisemitism cases involved faculty with deep financial ties to Qatar and Iran (NPR).
Patriots vs. The Academic Swamp
The administration’s crackdown exposes how elite universities became taxpayer-funded hate factories. Columbia holds $5 billion in federal contracts—your money funded:
- “Israel Apartheid Week” events promoting violence
- Courses justifying Hamas’ October 7 massacres
- Scholarships for students linked to designated terror groups
As Education Secretary Linda McMahon stated: “We demonstrate to Columbia and other universities that we will not tolerate their appalling inaction any longer.” This is textbook Trump—using financial leverage to drain swamps MSNBC defends.
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“When universities take federal dollars, they follow federal law—period. No more special rules for woke billionaires.” — President Donald Trump, March 12, 2025
