Trump Says Universities Are Controlled by ‘Marxist Maniacs.’ He Has a Plan to ‘Reclaim’ Them.
Mike Damiano and Hilary Burns | 27 October 2024 | The Boston Globe
Throughout the presidential campaign, Donald Trump and his allies have lambasted universities as “woke” indoctrination mills that radicalize youths against America and rip off students with inflated tuition.
Trump has said that, if elected, he will “reclaim” universities from the “Marxist maniacs and lunatics” who currently control them. His running mate, JD Vance, who once exhorted supporters to “attack the universities,” has praised the authoritarian leader of Hungary for seizing control of that country’s institutions of higher education…