Reports: Trump aims to end Harvard's federal contracts
US President Donald Trump has escalated his attack on Harvard University. He is threatening to slash more funding and calling on the school to scale back the number of international students studying there.
Reuters and other media reported Tuesday that his administration is planning to terminate the federal government's remaining contracts with the Ivy league school -- worth around 100 million dollars.
The reports said the administration sent a letter to federal agencies, instructing them to review and potentially end their contracts with Harvard.
The New York Times said the letter tells the agencies to report back with a list of cancellations by June 6.
The contracts include executive training for the Department of Homeland Security.
The administration has already frozen billions of dollars in funding for the elite school. It has also announced its plan to revoke the university's tax-exempt status.
Trump continued to criticize the foreign students at Harvard on Wednesday. He said their number should be capped at around 15 percent. "You know, these countries aren't helping us," he said. "They're not investing in Harvard."
He added: "We have people who want to go to Harvard, and other schools, they can't get in because we have foreign students there. But I want to make sure that the foreign students are people that can love our country."
Harvard currently has about 6,800 international students, making up roughly 30 percent of its student body.
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