Trump’s college funding threat puts free speech at risk

Since the October 7 attacks in 2023, protests on American campuses have too often descended into lawlessness and often antisemitic discrimination. Just last week, keffiyeh-wearing students occupied a building at Barnard College in New York and allegedly assaulted an employee.

Yesterday, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to address incidents like these across American campuses. He announced harsh punishments for student “agitators”, and threatened to revoke federal funding from universities which fail to sufficiently clamp down on "illegal protests".