David Brooks: Trump Is Trying to Destroy Harvard Out of Spite

Bennett Well let s ░░░░░░░░ our focus here and ░░░░░░░░ about Donald Trump s ░░░░░░░░ with Harvard University because ░░░░░░░░ the Trump Administration as ░░░░░░░░ both know took the ░░░░░░░░ step of blocking international ░░░░░░░░ from attending Harvard This ░░░░░░░░ the school filed a ░░░░░░░░ lawsuit accusing the administration ░░░░░░░░ waging a campaign of ░░░░░░░░ and a judge has ░░░░░░░░ blocked the move David ░░░░░░░░ Trump Administration is really ░░░░░░░░ to hit Harvard where ░░░░░░░░ hurts because foreign students ░░░░░░░░ pay full freight and ░░░░░░░░ in many ways subsidizes ░░░░░░░░ tuitions of American students ░░░░░░░░ really is trying to ░░░░░░░░ after the ability of ░░░░░░░░ to operate BROOKS Yeah ░░░░░░░░ s an attempt out ░░░░░░░░ spite to destroy Harvard ░░░░░░░░ I have my beefs ░░░░░░░░ all of us do ░░░░░░░░ Harvard I used to ░░░░░░░░ there s a bookstore ░░░░░░░░ the Coop in Harvard ░░░░░░░░ and I used to ░░░░░░░░ there and there s ░░░░░░░░ section where the Harvard ░░░░░░░░ had their books And ░░░░░░░░ used to thrill to ░░░░░░░░ section I shouldn t ░░░░░░░░ this on TV but ░░░░░░░░ Sam Huntington E O ░░░░░░░░ Skip Gates Helen Vendler ░░░░░░░░ these legendary scholars And ░░░░░░░░ would think Harvard is ░░░░░░░░ greatest university ever And ░░░░░░░░ the last couple years ░░░░░░░░ section of the bookstore ░░░░░░░░ gotten more boring because ░░░░░░░░ progressive orthodoxy has had ░░░░░░░░ smothering effect on the ░░░░░░░░ vibrancy of the place ░░░░░░░░ I have my criticism ░░░░░░░░ Harvard It still remains ░░░░░░░░ of the greatest universities ░░░░░░░░ the history of the ░░░░░░░░ where they do amazing ░░░░░░░░ research amazing humanistic research ░░░░░░░░ you have got to ░░░░░░░░ the belief that if ░░░░░░░░ re like me yes ░░░░░░░░ place has some serious ░░░░░░░░ on anti Semitism and ░░░░░░░░ excessive progressivism But does ░░░░░░░░ mean it s not ░░░░░░░░ of our most wonderful ░░░░░░░░ institutions and that you ░░░░░░░░ destroying a large part ░░░░░░░░ American wealth creation American ░░░░░░░░ when you take it ░░░░░░░░ And these are the ░░░░░░░░ of distinctions that the ░░░░░░░░ Administration simply can t ░░░░░░░░ And I may have ░░░░░░░░ this before but it ░░░░░░░░ like you go to ░░░░░░░░ Trump Administration like it ░░░░░░░░ a doctor saying I ░░░░░░░░ acne and the Trump ░░░░░░░░ says Okay we will ░░░░░░░░ decapitation They think that ░░░░░░░░ a cure And that ░░░░░░░░ what s happened here ░░░░░░░░ s a spiteful incredibly ░░░░░░░░ act.”