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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Maya Yang

Trump says he is seeking $1bn in damages in Harvard dispute

Harvard's Eliot House tower over the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Seeking $1bn in damages, Donald Trump has accused Harvard president Alan Garber of doing ‘a terrible job of rectifying a very bad situation for his institution’. Photograph: Cj Gunther/EPA

Donald Trump has announced that his administration is seeking $1bn in damages from Harvard University, the latest step in a long-running battle with the university over allegations of antisemitism.

In a Truth Social post late on Monday, Trump accused the Ivy League school of being “strongly antisemitic”, adding that Harvard president Alan Garber “has done a terrible job of rectifying a very bad situation for his institution and, more importantly, America itself”.

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