Zeke Emanuel: ‘You Undercut Universities, You’re Undercutting Our Future’ and That’s What Trump Is Doing

LEMIRE So doctor let ░░░░░░░░ turn to your new ░░░░░░░░ in The New Republic ░░░░░░░░ clearly commissioned by a ░░░░░░░░ editor sitting around the ░░░░░░░░ there with the headline ░░░░░░░░ s atrocious war on ░░░░░░░░ ed demands an aggressive ░░░░░░░░ And we have seen ░░░░░░░░ war against colleges and ░░░░░░░░ escalate in recent days ░░░░░░░░ us what you think ░░░░░░░░ be done to counter ░░░░░░░░ EMANUEL Well look I ░░░░░░░░ the fact is that ░░░░░░░░ are critical and America ░░░░░░░░ the best universities in ░░░░░░░░ world I think as ░░░░░░░░ people have pointed out ░░░░░░░░ know very wealthy people ░░░░░░░░ every country of the ░░░░░░░░ can send their kids ░░░░░░░░ to university and they ░░░░░░░░ send them to American ░░░░░░░░ and sometimes to frankly ░░░░░░░░ Cambridge and Oxford and ░░░░░░░░ College London But if ░░░░░░░░ look at the rankings ░░░░░░░░ the world of the ░░░░░░░░ 25 universities 16 are ░░░░░░░░ This is a very ░░░░░░░░ resource for America too ░░░░░░░░ s critical for our ░░░░░░░░ It s critical for ░░░░░░░░ communities It s critical ░░░░░░░░ high paying jobs And ░░░░░░░░ we re going to ░░░░░░░░ a tension with China ░░░░░░░░ re going to have ░░░░░░░░ actually have the best ░░░░░░░░ the brightest at American ░░░░░░░░ You undercut universities you ░░░░░░░░ undercutting our future and ░░░░░░░░ re undercutting not just ░░░░░░░░ future of the well ░░░░░░░░ and elitist but universities ░░░░░░░░ critical to people rising ░░░░░░░░ you know lower income ░░░░░░░░ into the upper middle ░░░░░░░░ and frankly the wealthy ░░░░░░░░ our universities produce almost ░░░░░░░░ the great startups that ░░░░░░░░ ve had Unless we ░░░░░░░░ them unless we ensure ░░░░░░░░ they need reform 100 ░░░░░░░░ There are lots of ░░░░░░░░ that you know every ░░░░░░░░ over time goes off ░░░░░░░░ rails a little bit ░░░░░░░░ reform is not destruction ░░░░░░░░ what the president has ░░░░░░░░ is an attempt to ░░░░░░░░ undercut universities.”