Trump going after Harvard because his son was rejected? Melania says Barron did not apply to the Ivy League school
Melania Trump stated that her son Barron never submitted an application to Harvard. She said anyone saying he applied or someone applied for him is lying. People online started a conspiracy theory saying Trump's attacks on Harvard are because Barron didn't get in, as per reports.
Trump has been going after Harvard for months, saying the university is not doing enough to stop antisemitism on campus. Because of that, Trump froze Harvard's funding and took away their right to bring in international students, unless they follow his demands, as per the report by Daily Beast.
This made people wonder if it was personal revenge for Barron not getting in. Even a US Senator talked about it. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, questioned on X how many members of the Trump family were rejected by Harvard, as reported by the New York Post.
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Barron is actually studying at New York University, in the Stern School of Business. He just finished his first year there, and Trump said he got into 'a lot of schools' but didn't say which ones. Trump also said Barron is a 'smart guy' and that he didn't want to go to Wharton, as mentioned in the reports.
Harvard was started in 1636, even before America was a country. It's also the richest university in the US with a $50 billion endowment, and only accepts about 4% of applicants, as stated by the reports. None of Trump's children have gone to Harvard. But Jared Kushner, who is Trump's son-in-law, did go to Harvard. His dad donated $2.5 million the same year Jared got in.
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