In a saga that has set academia against politics, one of America’s most prestigious universities now finds itself in an uneasy tug-of-war with a former president, and an unlikely billionaire has emerged at the center of the storm. According to The New York Times, Stephen A. Schwarzman, co-founder and CEO of the Blackstone Group, has taken on a discreet but pivotal role in mediating between Harvard University and allies of Donald J. Trump. His intervention, shrouded in quiet diplomacy and financial influence, marks a new chapter in the increasingly fraught relationship between elite education and conservative power brokers in Washington. The reports have been derived from US media houses such as the New York Times and Boston Globe reports. The efforts aimed to calm a mounting donor

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