Trump to Universities: Drop Dead

Another of my suggestions for Trump’s Day One has become a prophecy. To refresh your memory:

Following Saul Alinsky’s advice to make your opponents live by their own rules, install an acting deputy secretary for civil rights in the Department of Education on January 20 (I nominate Edward Blum). Have that person send a “Dear Colleague” letter (similar to how the Obama and Biden Administrations imposed their Title IX rules) to the president and trustees of every college and university in the country, declaring that it is the legal opinion of the Trump Administration that every DEI program is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act—and that all federal funds, including student loans, will be suspended until all DEI offices are closed and their personnel dismissed, not merely transferred to some renamed job. Within weeks, even Democrats will want to abolish the Department of Education.

Trump this morning:

Chaser:

I’m starting to think college people aren’t very smart.

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