There’s no secret that Donald Trump isn’t exactly a fan of America’s elite academic institutions — and the feeling is clearly mutual when it comes to Barack Obama’s opinion of Trump. But according to many, the former president’s latest jab may be his most cutting one yet…
”I have deep differences of opinion..”
Even though they were seen sharing a laugh while seated together at Jimmy Carter’s memorial service, the ideological divide between Barack Obama and Donald Trump remains as wide as ever.
Speaking earlier this month at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Obama didn’t hold back when referencing the current president — his former successor.
”I have deep differences of opinion with my most immediate successor — who’s now president once again,” Obama said during his speech.
He went on to say, ”There are a host of policies that we could be discussing where I have strong opinions,” adding that he believes the government’s dedication to core values has “eroded.”
Something else that clearly doesn’t sit well with Obama is how the Trump administration is treating the prestigious Harvard University — an institution he has strong ties to, having earned his law degree from Harvard Law School.
The controversy stems from the Department of Education’s decision to freeze a staggering $2.3 billion in federal funding for Harvard. This move came after the university declined to comply with a list of demands issued by the Trump administration.
Harvard has refused to dismantle its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, ban masks at campus protests, implement merit-based hiring and admissions reforms, and reduce the influence of faculty and administrators — whom the Republican administration has accused of being “more committed to activism than scholarship.”