Trump Reacts To $50 Million Brown University Settlement
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President Donald Trump has celebrated the $50 million settlement deal his administration reached with Brown University to restore its funding.
"There will be no more Anti-Semitism, or Anti-Christian, or Anti-Anything Else!" Trump said in a Thursday post on Truth Social about the deal. "Woke is officially DEAD at Brown."
In exchange for the restoration of government funding, Brown has agreed to several policy changes, including to dismantle its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.
The Ivy League school will also pay $50 million in grants over 10 years to Rhode Island workforce development organizations.
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