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The
battle
between
Harvard
and
the
Trump
administration
may
soon
be
coming
to
an
end.
Our
great
leader
recently
announced
that
negotiations
are
very
close
to
being
finished:
you
know
things
are
serious
because
he
delivered
the
news
in
person
instead
of
via
a
Truth
Social
post.
New
York
Times
has
coverage:
President
Trump
said
Tuesday
that
his
administration
was
close
to
reaching
a
multimillion-dollar
agreement
with
Harvard
University,
which
would
end
a
monthslong
standoff
that
had
come
to
symbolize
the
resistance
to
the
White
House’s
efforts
to
reshape
higher
education.
…
“We
are
in
the
process
of
getting
very
close,”
President
Trump
said
in
an
appearance
from
the
Oval
Office.
He
added
that
the
details
were
being
finalized
and
said,
“They
would
be
paying
about
$500
million.”
Big
if
here
—
he
said
negotiations
with
Harvard
should
be
done
in
a
week
or
so
back
on
June
20th
—
but
if
the
school
goes
through
with
paying
out
$500M
to
the
Trump
administration,
they
should
expect
a
lot
of
push
back
from
all
of
the
donors
that
dug
deep
and
donated
to
try
and
make
up
for
the
government
playing
hardball
with
their
grants.
And
sure,
the
million
or
so
they
got
in
April
is
a
far
cry
from
the
billions
that
the
government
put
on
hold,
but
the
summary
judgment
ruling
that
the
government’s
funding
freeze
was
unlawful
gave
some
hope
that
the
law
was
on
their
side.
Protracted
fights
suck,
but
this
hardly
seems
like
the
time
to
throw
in
the
towel.
Even
the
prospect
of
surrender
alone
will
have
reputational
consequences:
If
there
is
any
saving
grace
it
would
be
that
the
$500M
is
earmarked
for
trade
schools.
Let’s
see
how
long
it
takes
for
someone
to
discover
whatever
payola
scheme
they’d
have
to
do
to
keep
Trump
happy
was
illegal
the
whole
time.
Trump
Says
A
Deal
With
Harvard
Is
Close
[NYT]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.