President Trump Aims to Remove Harvard's Tax Exempt Status

President escalates battle with elite university as legal questions swirl.

Harvard University, via Somesh Kesarla Suresh on Unsplash

On Friday, President Trump said he would move to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, intensifying his administration’s ongoing clash with elite universities over federal funding, ideological bias, and student activism.

Lawsuit Backdrop and Legal Uncertainty

“We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Harvard responded that removing their tax exempt status would be “unlawful and unprecedented,” warning it could harm scholarships and research that drive innovation. (Reuters)

Federal law generally prohibits political and presidential interference in IRS enforcement decisions, raising questions about the legality of Trump’s threat. (WSJ)

Harvard joins a growing list of universities under scrutiny as Trump expands his crackdown on institutions he says promote “anti-American” ideologies.

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🧠 Whether this is a serious legal maneuver or a political pressure campaign, it could reshape how universities operate under the Trump administration.

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