In the case of Harvard College, “Real Time” host Invoice Maher and President Donald Trump are on the identical web page.
On the newest episode of his HBO discuss present, Maher introduced he backs the president’s push to penalize the elite Ivy League establishment by freezing billions in federal grants, charging the college has didn’t crack down on antisemitism on campus.
“Trump has declared full-scale war on Harvard, and like so many things he does, there’s a kernel of a good idea there,” Maher stated throughout Friday’s broadcast, earlier than bragging, “I’ve been sh–ing on Harvard long before he was.”
Maher is himself an Ivy League graduate, having earned his diploma from Harvard rival Cornell College in Ithaca.
Visitor and CNN host Jake Tapper referenced Maher’s alma mater, however he stated his Harvard bashing had nothing to do with the longstanding enmity.
“It’s because Harvard is an a–hole factory in a lot of ways that produces smirking f–k faces,” Maher stated bluntly.
It’s unclear if Maher was conscious his different visitor, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Massachusetts), attended Harvard.
“He has three degrees from Harvard,” Tapper identified. “He’s a f–k face times three.”
The liberal comedian has modified his tune on the president.
As soon as a vocal critic, Maher had dinner with Trump on the White Home alongside UFC proprietor Dana White and Child Rock.
After the meal, Maher acknowledged Trump was a “different” particular person than the one portrayed by liberal media shops.
“The guy I met is not the person who, the night before, s–t-tweeted a bunch of nasty crap about how he thought this dinner was a bad idea, and what a deranged a–hole I was,” stated Maher.
Trump has threatened to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt standing and tried limiting the variety of foreign-born college students admitted to the college.
A federal choose blocked a transfer Thursday by Trump’s administration to revoke the visas of worldwide college students at Harvard.
Trump stated he needs to see extra American college students accepted into Harvard.