US President Donald Trump announced that the Federal Government “will completely withdraw the financing of college, schools and universities” that “allowed illegal protests”. He threatened that “agitators would be imprisoned or sent to the country from which they come from.”
Trump did not specify what “illegal protests” he meant. On Monday, the presidential administration announced that he would conduct a review of federal contracts and grants of the University of Columbia in connection with allegations of anti -Semitism, claiming that this institution did not take appropriate actions in this matter during the protests of students against activities Israel in the Gaza Strip.
“Agitators will be imprisoned or sent to the country from which American students will be permanently expelled (from schools) or – depending on the burden of crime – the arrested” – threatened Trump in the entry.
Protests on campuses
In 2024, American campuses occurred mass propalentine protests of studentsthe largest speeches against racism in 2020 since the wave. The protesters opposed Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip and demanded that their universities break relationships with universities in Israel or companies maintaining contacts with Israel in the military sphere.
Student of the American university Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Symbols of Palestine (May 2024)CJ GUNTHER/EPA/PAP
Manifestations took place, among others At prestigious universities belonging to the so -called Ivy league (Ivy League).
Donald Trump At that time, he described the demonstrators as “making mistakes” and “Hamas supporters” and praised the decisive, sometimes brutal police actions against the protesters. He also called for “pacifying radicals and restoring campuses who wanted to learn to students.”
Source of the main photo: Caroline Brehman /EPA /PAP