Pulling billions from Harvard to fund trade schools? Here’s what people are saying about Trump’s latest move

U.S. residents whitethorn not hold with President Donald Trump punishing Harvard University by pulling wealth from it and giving it to commercialized schools, but they bash deliberation commercialized schools request much support.

People successful Washington, D.C., Detroit, and Houston told Fox News Digital past week they don’t o.k. of Trump penalizing the Ivy League assemblage for its woke policies and the proliferation of antisemitism connected campus, but agreed with his thought that commercialized schools request much funding.

"It's ironic that a feline who touts himself arsenic the upper-class is pulling wealth distant from what radical would comprehend to beryllium an upper-class benignant of university," Detroit nonmigratory Daniel said. "Harvard is simply a large school, but evidently commercialized schools, they bash person their purpose."

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U.S. residents told Fox News Digital what they deliberation astir President Trump's feud with Harvard University. (Inset photos: Fox News Digital | Background photo: Maddie Meyer / Staff / Getty Images)

The Trump medication has threatened to punish Harvard successful respective ways successful caller weeks, the latest being its efforts to portion the school’s quality to sponsor planetary pupil visas. Trump officials accused Harvard University of "fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party connected its campus," according to a connection from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Prior to gutting its visa program, Trump suggested successful aboriginal May that helium was looking astatine removing the school’s tax-exempt status. Before that, helium froze $2.2 cardinal successful backing to the university.

Trump has besides floated redirecting national grants to Harvard to commercialized schools successful the country. 

"I'd similar to spot the wealth spell to commercialized schools wherever radical larn however to hole motors and engines, wherever radical larn however to physique rocket ships. Because, you know, idiosyncratic has to physique those rocket ships," helium said past week.

Trump conveyed the rationale down his actions connected Harvard successful a Truth Social station successful April, writing, "Harvard has been hiring astir each woke, Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’ who are lone susceptible of teaching FAILURE to students and alleged ‘future leaders.’" 

He added, "Many others, similar these Leftist dopes, are teaching astatine Harvard, and due to the fact that of that, Harvard tin nary longer beryllium considered adjacent a decent spot of learning, and should not beryllium considered connected immoderate database of the World’s Great Universities oregon Colleges."

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President Donald Trump has targeted Harvard successful caller months, freezing its national funding, trying to portion the school's quality to sponsor planetary pupil visas, and threatening to region its tax-exempt status. (Getty Images | iStock)

Most of the radical Fox News Digital spoke to past week indicated they bash not enactment the Trump administration’s wide crackdown connected the school.

"I conscionable backmost Harvard," Bill, a North Carolina antheral visiting D.C. said. "It’s escaped speech. One of the oldest universities, and a batch of large radical person travel from there."

Jasmine from Ann Arbor, Michigan, called the president’s attraction of Harvard "one of many, galore horrible things that are happening, and I deliberation it's maltreatment of enforcement orders."

Regarding Trump freezing Harvard’s visa program, D.C. nonmigratory Chanel said, "I truly don't hold with that. You know, everyone's present to get their education, particularly astatine Harvard. That's specified a large schoolhouse to beryllium at."

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The Trump medication has targeted universities and overseas students amid a crackdown connected antisemitism connected assemblage campuses nationwide.    (AP Images)

However, Jake from Houston supported Trump’s actions connected Harvard, with his lone constituent of proposal being that Trump should spell aft much schools that helium accused of promoting the aforesaid agenda.

"It needs to beryllium focused much connected the wide facet of higher acquisition due to the fact that I don't deliberation it's conscionable specifically Harvard. I deliberation there's excessively galore planetary students. I deliberation that there's not capable absorption connected home students," helium said. 

Despite the statement against Trump penalizing Harvard, galore of those interviewed supported investing successful commercialized schools.

Jake from Houston said, "It's the backbone of what makes a state run."

Although Perryn didn’t hold with slashing wealth from Harvard to spell to commercialized schools, helium admitted, "I deliberation the commercialized schools are underfunded and should beryllium funded."

When asked if helium believes commercialized schools connection much worth than a Harvard degree, helium replied, "Probably the commercialized schools due to the fact that astir of the things that we bash astir present necessitate electricians, necessitate plumbers. I could marque the lawsuit that a feline oregon a idiosyncratic that picks up the trash is arsenic arsenic important arsenic a nurse."

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Brent from Houston gave a akin reply to the commercialized schoolhouse versus Ivy League diploma question, stating, "I'd accidental commercialized schoolhouse certification due to the fact that immoderate radical that are successful similar a large college, you know, it's conscionable the sanction of the college. As agelong arsenic you person a small education, you're going to marque a bully surviving retired of it. " 

Detroit nonmigratory Jayvon adjacent argued that commercialized schools are "more valuable" than schools similar Harvard.

"We request much electricians and plumbers. There's a batch of kids successful precocious schoolhouse close present who are going into the commercialized schools. I deliberation it's a bully transition," helium said. 

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Fox News' Joshua Nelson, Elizabeth Heckman, and Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi contributed to this report.