By JON MICHAEL RAASCH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 13:21 BST, 24 April 2025 | Updated: 16:20 BST, 24 April 2025
President Donald Trump launched a bizarre rant about ‘liberal mess’ Harvard and the university’s strange connection to his own family company.
Trump revealed that Harvard is fighting several of his administration’s actions to limit the university’s access to federal and foreign dollars in court.
But the school is being represented by a lawyer that also works on behalf of the Trump Organization.
‘Harvard is a threat to Democracy, with a lawyer, who represents me, who should therefore be forced to resign, immediately, or be fired.’ he said on Truth Social.
‘He’s not that good, anyway, and I hope that my very big and beautiful company, now run by my sons, gets rid of him ASAP!’
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Trump tears into Harvard University calling it ‘anti-Semitic’ and ‘far left’ as he attacks its lawyer
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor
President Donald Trump unloaded on Harvard University in an angry rant where he took on one of the 400-year-old anniversary’s attorneys.
‘Harvard is an Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution, as are numerous others, with students being accepted from all over the World that want to rip our Country apart. The place is a Liberal mess, allowing a certain group of crazed lunatics to enter and exit the classroom and spew fake ANGER AND HATE. It is truly horrific!’ Trump wrote.
‘Now, since our filings began, they act like they are all “American Apple Pie.” Harvard is a threat to Democracy, with a lawyer, who represents me, who should therefore be forced to resign, immediately, or be fired. He’s not that good, anyway, and I hope that my very big and beautiful company, now run by my sons, gets rid of him ASAP!’
Trump may have been referencing William Burck of the prominent firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquart & Sullivan. Also representing the school is Robert Hur, who Trump appointed as the U.S. Attorney for Maryland, an who conducted a probe into Joe Biden’s handling of classified materials. Trump and Republicans have used accusations of antisemitism during campus protests last year to call for sweeping changes at American universities.
Fox News star stunned on air after new Trump approval poll unveiled with dire warning for administration
A seasoned Fox News political commentator offered a blunt assessment when presented with polling data showing President Trump’s poll numbers coming back down to earth.
Trump, who began his term with majority approval following his contentious election campaign, now finds himself trailing his predecessors in his public approval rating as he approaches the 100-day mark of his second term – with tariffs and the economy evidently driving the drop.
‘So much of what he’s undertaken remains a work in progress and you know – they haven’t got any trade deals yet. The tariffs are out there and people are worried about them and don’t like them. We don’t know how that’s going to play out,’ said Fox political commentator Britt Hume, discussing Trump’s 44 percent approval rating.
Trump says he is ‘not happy’ with Russia’s overnight missile attack on Kyiv
Donald Trump has said he is ‘not happy’ that Vladimir Putin launched a deadly barrage of missile strikes on Kyiv overnight after talks to reach a peace deal failed.
‘I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing,’ he wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
Trump urged his Russian counterpart: ‘Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!’
Trump to Putin: ‘Vladimir, STOP!’
By Emily Goodin, senior White House Correspondent
President Donald Trump demanded Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘stop’ his military strikes on the Ukraine.
‘I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!,’ he wrote on his Truth Social account.
Russia launched a huge attack on Kyiv, the capital city, early Thursday, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 60 others.
The strike came as Trump is pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to accept a peace deal that is seen as favoring Russia. The administration’s plan would grant Russia all of Ukrainian territory it has gained in the war. Zelensky called it unacceptable.
Trump to host Norwegian PM and then head to his Virginia golf club for a fundraiser
By Emily Goodin, senior White House Correspondent
President Trump is scheduled to meet with Norwegian leaders at the White House today and then will head to his golf club in Virginia for a fundraising dinner.
Trump will sit down with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway and his finance minister, Jens Stoltenberg, the former head of NATO. Topics will include the president’s tariffs and the situation in Ukraine.
Later Thursday evening, Trump will take Marine One to Sterling, Va., to land at his Trump National Golf Club there. He’ll host donors as part of MAGA Inc. fundraising dinner.
On Friday, the president, along with First Lady Melania Trump, heads to Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral.
Trump signals that Elon Musk will ‘ease out’ of his administration and DOGE with very cryptic comment
President Trump praised Elon Musk – at one point in the past tense – after the DOGE chief said he would pare back his government work to a ‘day or two’ per week after Tesla profits plunged.
Trump repeatedly lauded Musk, who has become a national lightning rod for spearheading the effort to slash agency spending, fire federal workers on short notice, and identify billions in savings by slashing what he calls waste and abuse.
‘He was a tremendous help both in the campaign and what he’s done with DOGE,’ Trump told reporters when asked about what role Musk would play in the future.
Trump chooses Michigan swing district for the first ‘rally’ of his second term
President Donald Trump will hold the first ‘rally’ of his second term on the eve of his first 100 days in office in a Michigan swing district.
Inside the staff ‘civil war’ under Pete Hegseth with ‘vicious’ backstabbing aides as he shakes up Pentagon
Pete Hegseth’s tenure at the Pentagon has reached a new level of Shakespearean drama complete with back-stabbing aides, battling rivalries, an ambitious wife and an internal civil war involving the future of America’s military.
Most striking about this drama are the players themselves.
It’s members of Hegseth’s own team, including longtime friend and allies, who are turning against him, telling tales of chaos, meltdowns and inappropriate behavior in the halls of the Defense Department.
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