Trump Says He’d Go After University Tax Breaks If Elected Again

  • Former president cites Harvard, MIT, Penn at campaign rally
  • Congressional hearing set off uproar over campus antisemitism

Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire, on Dec. 16.

Photographer: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images
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Former President Donald Trump said he’d end tax exemptions for universities deemed to be left-leaning if voters return him to the White House, pointing to the uproar over campus antisemitism that engulfed three college presidents in recent weeks.

Trump told a campaign rally in Durham, New Hampshire, he’d remove tax advantages for universities that discriminate against conservatives, Christians, Jews and for schools that “attack free speech.”