Valuetainment - April 24, 2025


＂Harvard's Horrific President＂ - Trump SLAMS Harvard With $2B Funding Blow To Elite University


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Harvard is in hot water with the Trump administration and the Department of Justice. Harvard has been accused of anti-Semitism and has been threatened with losing $2.26 billion in funding from the federal government. What does Harvard have to do with it?

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00:00:00.000 First, the Trump administration says, we're not going to be funding you.
00:00:04.420 Then two, Harvard sues the Trump administration, right?
00:00:08.380 Then three, Trump's administration, irate at Harvard, plans to pull additional billion dollars in funding.
00:00:15.620 This is the page three Wall Street Journal, Rob.
00:00:18.140 It looks like you've got a video here. I'll read this and then if you want to play the clip.
00:00:21.780 The Trump administration, furious after Harvard publicly released a long list of demands sent on April 11th,
00:00:27.000 and plans to pull an additional billion dollars in health research funding.
00:00:32.060 The demands included federal government oversight of admissions, hiring, and the ideology of students and staff.
00:00:37.720 Harvard's president, Alan Garber, stated, the intention is not to work with us,
00:00:42.940 to address anti-Semitism in a cooperative and constructive manner,
00:00:46.840 and confirmed we will not accept their proposed agreement.
00:00:49.440 The administration, initially planning leniency, now seeks to pressure Harvard from more than Columbia University.
00:00:59.680 Harvard's release of the demands letter from the task force to combat anti-Semitism,
00:01:03.840 which was not marked private, positioned the university as a face of resistance.
00:01:08.540 The administration froze 2.26 billion dollars in funding and threatened Harvard's tax-exempt status
00:01:15.160 and international student enrollment.
00:01:17.060 Go ahead, Rob.
00:01:19.440 I think what they did was a disgrace.
00:01:22.140 They're obviously anti-Semitic, and all of a sudden they're starting to behave.
00:01:27.820 But when you see where they, what they were saying, what they were doing,
00:01:32.780 when you see the way they took care of events,
00:01:35.460 when you watch that woman, that horrendous president that ruined the image of Harvard, 1.00
00:01:42.040 maybe permanently, in Congress, in the halls of Congress,
00:01:45.820 when you take a look at what happened there, it was horrific.
00:01:52.120 And, you know, I've looked at a lot having to do with it.
00:01:56.680 I'm not involved in it being handled by lawyers.
00:01:59.780 I read about it just like you did.
00:02:01.640 But tax-exempt status, I mean, it's a privilege.
00:02:05.500 It's really a privilege.
00:02:07.100 And it's been abused by a lot more than Harvard, too.
00:02:10.560 By a lot more than Harvard.
00:02:11.760 So we'll see how that all works out.
00:02:13.720 I don't think they've made a final ruling.
00:02:16.860 Tom.
00:02:17.080 I don't believe they've made a final ruling, but it's...
00:02:19.320 Go for it, Tom.
00:02:20.180 So starting, we have to remember how this started.
00:02:22.700 This didn't start with Trump.
00:02:24.040 This started with, you know, Jewish students on campus not being protected,
00:02:31.120 and then a president sitting in front of Congress admitting by saying,
00:02:36.840 oh, I'm not answering that question, that's not what we've done, but admitting it.
00:02:39.940 And then she, you know, suffers a consequence when she goes back because he's right.
00:02:45.580 And now what they're saying is saying, look, you seem to say you're a private institution
00:02:51.180 when that works for you.
00:02:54.180 And now you're upset at me.
00:02:56.940 This is public money.
00:02:58.440 This money that they're getting from the U.S. government for research or whatever they're doing
00:03:02.480 at the university started with the taxpayers, started with you.
00:03:06.420 You gave $4 to Harvard last year, Vinny.
00:03:08.840 You just don't know it.
00:03:09.940 Right?
00:03:10.780 I mean, you take a look at the hundreds of millions of dollars that went there.
00:03:14.900 Vinny?
00:03:15.260 You're not?
00:03:15.640 You gave money to Harvard last year?
00:03:16.600 No, I didn't.
00:03:17.420 Yes, you did.
00:03:18.020 $4.
00:03:18.440 I did?
00:03:19.240 In your taxes.
00:03:19.980 Literally.
00:03:20.400 That's what he's saying.
00:03:20.920 That's not cool.
00:03:21.480 $4 in your taxes.
00:03:21.860 Public money is out of your taxes that they collected.
00:03:25.500 $2.26 billion of it went to Harvard last year.
00:03:27.900 So you're probably $4 of it or $20 of it.
00:03:29.860 I'm not happy about it.
00:03:30.580 I'm not happy about it.
00:03:31.080 Go ahead, Tom.
00:03:31.680 There you go.
00:03:32.300 And so Harvard likes to say, oh, we're private.
00:03:34.500 Leave us alone.
00:03:35.060 We're private.
00:03:35.500 And then the government is saying, okay, well, then you go live your private life.
00:03:39.620 I'll just turn off this valve, and I'm not going to send you this money.
00:03:42.760 And they're like, wait a minute.
00:03:44.840 Right?
00:03:45.160 It reminds me, you know, of, you know, you can't live in two worlds.
00:03:50.720 And Harvard's trying to live in two worlds right now, and they are getting called out.
00:03:55.120 But what they're getting called out is the onions getting peeled back.
00:03:58.240 You had the Yale case where Yale got sued by Asian students saying we're being discriminated against.
00:04:05.220 And when you line up the applications and our credentials and our test scores, numbers, why aren't we getting admitted?
00:04:14.740 Well, because we're doing some other things.
00:04:16.780 Yeah, you were.
00:04:17.320 And then Yale ended up in front of the Justice Department under Biden.
00:04:22.080 Yeah.
00:04:22.400 Harvard's heading for the same place.
00:04:24.000 And Harvard is absolutely in the wrong here.
00:04:28.100 And now you've got, I love Linda McMahon.
00:04:30.220 And, okay, well, then there's no problem telling us all about your sources of foreign funding and where you're getting it.
00:04:35.620 But you're private.
00:04:37.200 They do not want that.
00:04:38.000 They don't want to talk about that.
00:04:39.900 And then he's saying, you know, I have filed Section 117 reports for decades.
00:04:45.120 Okay, we're not asking if you filed Section 117 reports for decades.
00:04:49.820 We're asking if you can identify all the sources on all Section 117 reports.
00:04:56.160 Or maybe did you not file all of the reports you're supposed to?
00:05:00.900 This is not good for Harvard.
00:05:02.340 No.
00:05:02.520 Because when discovery comes, by the way, this is Scott Jennings, the CEO of CNN, having a conversation with Jameel Hill.
00:05:07.440 Is that Jameel Hill?
00:05:08.540 I want to say correctly.
00:05:10.200 Watch this exchange about Harvard and look what her logic is.
00:05:13.780 Go ahead, Rob.
00:05:14.400 So you admit that you want universities to exclude everyone that's a radical?
00:05:18.200 No, because there's no proof that they're actually being excluded.
00:05:20.500 No, there isn't.
00:05:21.580 96% of contributions from Harvard faculty went to Democrats.
00:05:24.700 What else you got?
00:05:25.260 Okay, so you're talking about contribution.
00:05:27.100 I'm talking about who's on campus, who is teaching people.
00:05:30.540 How you contribute is what you teach there.
00:05:32.360 Believe me.
00:05:32.800 Okay, so clearly you used to teach there, right?
00:05:34.980 Yeah, I was treated like an exotic zoo animal.
00:05:37.340 Trust me.
00:05:37.720 Oh, I'm sure.
00:05:38.360 The faculty is not conservative, believe me.
00:05:40.780 Oh, okay.
00:05:41.280 So at Harvard, I just imagine all of these conservative politicians that go there, they go there because
00:05:45.220 they don't feel welcome?
00:05:46.180 They just go there to go there?
00:05:47.020 If you're trying to come on here tonight and argue that Harvard is a hotbed of conservatism,
00:05:51.120 I'm not.
00:05:51.600 I'm just saying that they're not.
00:05:52.760 So are we going to do the same thing at Baylor?
00:05:54.460 Are we going to do the same thing at Liberty?
00:05:55.720 Are we going to invite more liberal thoughts to those universities? 0.99
00:05:58.120 I think if public universities or any university taking public funds is violating the civil
00:06:03.160 rights of Jewish students or actively screening out conservatives and conservative viewpoints,
00:06:07.440 we need to have a conversation.
00:06:08.580 Boom.
00:06:08.840 By the way, so let me tell you what happened with me.
00:06:10.940 I got accepted into this program with Harvard called OPM, Owner-President Management Program.
00:06:15.740 And I went in 2015.
00:06:17.380 And I'm excited.
00:06:18.440 So we get an RV and we, you know, get the RV out there.
00:06:22.040 It's me, Mario, and Paul, okay?
00:06:26.060 And while I'm there, the experience was a great experience because the attendees that are there.
00:06:30.120 But guess what day it falls on?
00:06:32.120 What?
00:06:32.660 It falls on the day because you'd be in jail.
00:06:37.340 Debate.
00:06:37.740 What?
00:06:38.840 Is it 2016 Trump versus Hillary?
00:06:41.720 That's right.
00:06:42.560 Almost 10 years ago.
00:06:43.740 I am in the chow hall.
00:06:46.400 Chow hall is what it's called because a man named Chow gave $100.
00:06:50.380 Not military chow hall.
00:06:51.420 Not chow hall like military.
00:06:52.740 The man said, go to Harvard, type in Harvard chow hall.
00:06:54.800 Chow hall.
00:06:55.140 Like Mr. Chow?
00:06:56.120 The restaurant?
00:06:56.960 Yeah.
00:06:57.580 About the chow.
00:06:58.280 But it's C-H-A-O. 0.97
00:07:00.200 Chow hall.
00:07:01.180 Chow. 0.95
00:07:01.920 Oh.
00:07:02.300 Oh, Rob.
00:07:03.140 Chow hall.
00:07:05.000 Chow hall.
00:07:06.120 Oh, Rob is not going to get it.
00:07:09.560 Ruderman's in the chow center? 0.97
00:07:10.800 Okay.
00:07:11.300 Anyways, it's a place where we're eating food.
00:07:13.120 So they say everyone's going to watch the debate in the chow hall by the stairs.
00:07:18.940 What do I do?
00:07:19.700 I go.
00:07:20.720 Okay?
00:07:21.680 And keep in mind, this isn't at a time where we're doing P-B-D podcast.
00:07:24.860 This is 2016.
00:07:26.620 We're not doing P-B-D podcast.
00:07:28.120 We're not doing any of that stuff.
00:07:29.680 And I'm there.
00:07:31.020 And I sit and watch everybody.
00:07:33.600 I don't make a single noise.
00:07:34.980 Vinny, do you know how many people out of the 300 people in the room rooted for Trump once?
00:07:39.700 Do you know how many people?
00:07:41.280 Zero.
00:07:43.220 Zero.
00:07:44.100 You know what's the next thing I did?
00:07:45.220 I went straight to the administrator.
00:07:47.260 I said, can I ask you a question?
00:07:48.740 Do you guys like debate here?
00:07:49.900 Of course we do.
00:07:50.600 How come all of you are for Hillary?
00:07:53.220 No, we're not.
00:07:53.980 I said, tell me one person here is not for Hillary.
00:07:57.140 Go ahead.
00:07:57.620 You know me when we go to Chops and I'm going to bring up the conversation.
00:08:00.940 So tell me, how come none of you guys are rooting for Trump?
00:08:03.300 He's not a good guy?
00:08:04.380 Is that what it is?
00:08:05.160 So all of you guys know what's right for the rest of us.
00:08:07.100 Is that what it is?
00:08:08.280 I said, I can't come back to Harvard again.
00:08:10.120 Why?
00:08:11.340 Because you guys don't believe in debate.
00:08:12.980 This is not a place where you guys believe in debate.
00:08:15.020 This is a place where you guys want to brainwash everybody to think the way you think.
00:08:19.160 This is not a place where you welcome debate.
00:08:21.460 You all look down at people like me.
00:08:24.220 You all look down at people like us who have a different opinion on what can happen, right?
00:08:28.340 And Harvard's going through it right now.
00:08:30.180 I'm telling you, if discovery opens up, it is going to be horrible for Harvard.
00:08:36.280 Adam?
00:08:37.720 Well, this is a shock to nobody.
00:08:39.640 I mean, what percentage of university professors lean liberal versus conservative?
00:08:45.940 I think it was 13 to 1.
00:08:46.980 It could be even higher at this point.
00:08:48.840 13 to 1?
00:08:49.460 For every one conservative, 13 is liberal.
00:08:51.500 Yeah, there's actually a new report out there that could be as high as 28 to 1.
00:08:55.800 Harvard studies indicate that over 80% of Harvard faculty identify as liberal.
00:09:02.860 only 2% identify as conservative, which is 18%.
00:09:08.200 Is that according to ChadGBT?
00:09:09.300 This is according to ChadGBT.
00:09:10.420 Can you tell Rob to ask this question?
00:09:12.380 Because ChadGBT is owned by OpenAI.
00:09:15.440 What question did you ask, by the way?
00:09:16.920 I said, what percentage of university professors are liberal versus conservative?
00:09:21.420 And then find out what Howard was.
00:09:23.300 I'm sorry, Harvard was.
00:09:24.560 Howard is a different university.
00:09:25.660 But nobody's shocked to hear what's going on here.
00:09:29.980 And you talked about the hotbed of this type of mentality.
00:09:35.200 Harvard is the tip of the spear with this.
00:09:41.600 Go a little over and then ask specifically about Harvard.
00:09:44.600 Yeah, it should maybe pop down over there and ask about Harvard.
00:09:47.720 But it's as high as possibly 28 to 1.
00:09:50.880 33 to 1 ratio?
00:09:52.500 Yeah.
00:09:53.400 So, you know, I'm not in favor of government overreach or the federal government stepping in here.
00:09:59.820 But when you have a massive monopoly, what's the definition of monopoly?
00:10:03.840 Over 50% or over 75% of market share, whatever it is.
00:10:08.060 This is 98, 99% of university professors.
00:10:12.860 What's very liberal?
00:10:13.740 Socialist.
00:10:14.180 Woke, communist.
00:10:15.200 Like you think Hamas should run the country somehow, something like that.
00:10:18.720 So like the guy that's running against Cuomo in New York.
00:10:21.980 But, you know, I remember when we were researching Harvard, when Claudine Gay and the university professors were getting grilled by Elise Stefanik.
00:10:29.140 And I was like, what the hell is going on here?
00:10:31.460 And Harvard, there's a, it's called FIRE, like Freedom Index of, find that, Freedom of Speech.
00:10:39.420 Harvard was the least free university for free speech.
00:10:45.740 Harvard.
00:10:46.600 It's called FIRE Free Speech Rankings.
00:10:49.140 Here you go.
00:10:50.140 FIRE 2024 College Free Speech Rankings.
00:10:52.400 Harvard University received a score of zero.
00:10:55.440 Placing it last among the 251 universities surveyed.
00:10:59.820 The score is considered abysmal and significantly lower than average.
00:11:03.800 Harvard's actual score was negative.
00:11:05.760 Negative 10, which is rounded out.
00:11:07.180 What does negative mean?
00:11:08.680 Meaning like suppressive.
00:11:10.760 Suppressive.
00:11:11.120 That's a good, that's the word.
00:11:11.920 So when Peabody tells a story about he went to Harvard and everyone was against Trump.
00:11:17.480 Everyone was rooting for Hillary. 0.95
00:11:19.780 This is no longer.
00:11:20.760 And by the way, Adam, keep this in mind.
00:11:22.980 Everyone in the business department.
00:11:25.900 Do you know what I'm saying?
00:11:26.640 This is not poli-sci law.
00:11:28.100 This isn't liberal arts.
00:11:29.000 In business.
00:11:30.180 Insane.
00:11:30.720 Yeah.
00:11:31.080 So when you talk about the East Coast liberal elites and their ivory towers, Harvard is center stage for that type of mentality.
00:11:40.960 By the way, there's a trickle-down effect, whether it's Stanford, whether it's Cal Berkeley, whether it's GW, whether it's Columbia in New York, whether it's GW.
00:11:51.120 This type of mentality is now pervasive.
00:11:53.940 So now we have adults who are going to send their very smart children, like Tom Ellsworth, who, should I go and send them to Harvard?
00:12:01.220 Should I send them to Stanford?
00:12:02.760 Or should I send them to Rice?
00:12:05.360 It's like, well, let me actually go to a university that they're not going to come out indoctrinated with basically Marxist ideology.
00:12:14.620 It's very concerning.
00:12:16.320 If Tico was in Harvard, in three days you'd get a phone call and be like, I can't.
00:12:21.380 He can't.
00:12:21.960 Maybe one day.
00:12:23.160 He wouldn't be able to.
00:12:24.140 I don't know how they do it.
00:12:25.060 And then we wonder why all the youth, a lot of them have lost their freaking minds.
00:12:31.100 I had no idea what was going to happen with the Yetis. 0.99
00:12:33.760 I had no idea.
00:12:34.820 When our team said, Pat, they're not going to last.
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00:12:39.400 Next thing you know, we were swamped by messages of Pat, can we get additional Yetis to do collaboration with Value Tim and Future Looks Bright?
00:12:47.760 The next one is here.
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00:12:50.900 Rob, if you want to play this clip, we got different ones.
00:12:53.220 These are based on what many of you guys asked.
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00:13:03.860 These seems to be, this one seems to be, it's sick.
00:13:06.600 It's absolutely sick.
00:13:08.360 Yeah, or even a smaller one that you got.
00:13:10.520 And on top of this, Rob, if you can also go to the website, there are, I think it's 10 coolers that we got.
00:13:17.520 A couple people asked for coolers.
00:13:18.580 Only 10?
00:13:18.840 I just got 10 of them.
00:13:19.640 We're like, let's just see if there's a market for it.
00:13:21.140 I guarantee you that they'll be gone before we're up with the episode.
00:13:22.800 They asked.
00:13:23.500 I said, let's get 10 and let's see how it does.
00:13:25.760 Look at that.
00:13:26.100 Look how sick that is with Future Looks Bright right on top of it.
00:13:28.380 That's so badass.
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00:13:31.360 Be the first to get it because these things will go very quickly.
00:13:36.020 Again, it is limited supply and they're absolutely sick.
00:13:41.340 When you go to work and you have this vitamin logo and the future looks bright, it looks insane.
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