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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Eric Berger

‘Insidious fear’ fills universities as Trump escalates conflict during commencement season

side by side images of man in suit at podium and frog wearing cap and gown at podium
Donald Trump at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Kermit the Frog, at the University of Maryland, in College Park, Maryland. Composite: EPA/Reuters

It is graduation season in the United States and with it comes a tradition of commencement speeches to departing college students, usually from high-profile figures who seek to inspire those leaving academia.

But, as with many things under Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, commencement season this year has been far from normal, especially as the US president and his allies have waged conflicts against the nation’s universities.

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