Earlier this week, President Trump lower roughly $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard. Rumors began swirling virtually instantly that 19-year-old Barron, who simply accomplished his first 12 months at NYU, was shot down by the Ivy League college.
Nevertheless, Melania, 55, swooped in to defend her son, telling a number of information shops: “Barron didn’t apply to Harvard, and any assertion that he, or that anybody on his behalf, utilized is totally false.”
President Trump has canceled almost $3 billion in federal analysis grants given to Harvard and has launched a push to cease the varsity from enrolling worldwide college students.
At present, the Boston-adjacent campus homes round 6,800 worldwide college students, which makes up roughly 27 p.c of your complete scholar physique.
The president’s order adopted Harvard’s refusal to adjust to an inventory of calls for concentrating on the varsity’s DEI (Variety, Fairness and Inclusion) applications and worldwide admissions insurance policies.