Trump team is worried about Harvard after attacking Harvard

In its latest attempt to make Harvard University buckle, the Trump administration just sent a letter demanding proof of financial stability and a multimillion-dollar financial guarantee from the school.

Why the sudden concern about Harvard’s finances? Well, you see, the Trump administration is worried that Harvard is facing an increased risk of financial instability because it’s dealing with more than a dozen investigations … by the Trump administration.

So the Trump team first ginned up a whole bunch of obviously fake reasons to withhold money from Harvard, which it then used as the foundation for a different obviously fake reason to withhold money from Harvard.

The letter placed Harvard on Heightened Cash Monitoring status, which requires “Harvard to post an irrevocable letter of cred