{"id":63565,"date":"2026-02-04T08:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-says-his-administration-is-seeking-1-billion-in-talks-with-harvard\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:59:43","slug":"trump-says-his-administration-is-seeking-1-billion-in-talks-with-harvard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-says-his-administration-is-seeking-1-billion-in-talks-with-harvard\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says his administration is seeking $1 billion in talks with Harvard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>President Trump said late Monday his administration is seeking $1 billion in damages from Harvard University in an apparent response to <a href=\"https:\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/02\/us\/politics\/trump-harvard-payment.html*link=*7B*22role*22:*22standard*22,*22href*22:*22https:\/*www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/02\/us\/politics\/trump-harvard-payment.html*22,*22affiliate*22:*22*22,*22target*22:*22_blank*22,*22absolute*22:*22*22,*22linkText*22:*22*20a*20New*20York*20Times*20report*22*7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a New York Times report<\/a> that said the school had won some concessions in ongoing negotiations to settle its dispute with the government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are now seeking One Billion Dollars in damages, and want nothing further to do, into the future, with Harvard University,&#8221; Mr. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116004776659519984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote on his Truth Social platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He quoted the Times as saying, &#8220;Some connected to the University, however, think Harvard has no option but to eventually cut a deal. The Administration has repeatedly attempted to cut off research grants, which would be an untenable crises. Like many major research universities, Harvard relies on federal funding for its financial model.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Times earlier on Monday reported Mr. Trump had dropped his administration&#8217;s demands for a settlement payout of $200 million from Harvard, after protracted talks.<\/p>\n<p>Citing &#8220;Harvard and Trump officials briefed on the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations,&#8221; the Times said &#8220;Trump administration officials have indicated in recent days that the president no longer expects such a payment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump told reporters last September that negotiators were close to reaching a $500 million settlement with Harvard, with part of the deal including a plan to open new trade schools.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They wanted to do a convoluted job training concept, but it was turned down in that it was wholly inadequate and would not have been, in our opinion, successful,&#8221; Mr. Trump said in his Monday post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was merely a way of Harvard getting out of a large cash settlement of more than 500 Million Dollars, a number that should be much higher for the serious and heinous illegalities that they have committed,&#8221; he added, without specifying what laws Harvard had allegedly broken. <\/p>\n<p>Administration officials have accused Harvard and other colleges of promoting so-called &#8220;woke&#8221; ideology while failing to sufficiently protect Jewish students during pro-Palestinian protests and filed a series of legal complaints along with demands for large payouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-rules-trump-administrations-funding-freeze-for-harvard-was-unlawful\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">federal judge ruled in September<\/a><\/span> that the Trump administration violated Harvard University&#8217;s First Amendment rights and federal law <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/harvard-sues-trump-administration-funding-freeze\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">when it froze nearly $2 billion<\/a><\/span> in federal grants due to the antisemitism allegations. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In her ruling in September, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said the funding freeze was part of a &#8220;government-initiated onslaught&#8221; against the school that was &#8220;much more about promoting a governmental orthodoxy in violation of the First Amendment than about anything else, including fighting antisemitism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harvard also separately sued the federal government last year after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-restricts-international-students-from-studying-at-harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mr. Trump barred most international students<\/a><\/span> from entering the U.S. to study at Harvard. 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