Trump Hails $221M Columbia Settlement, Vows More

President Donald Trump, while hailing the landmark $221 million settlement the government reached Wednesday with Columbia University, vowed more action against other colleges and universities.

“Numerous other Higher Education Institutions that have hurt so many, and been so unfair and unjust, and have wrongly spent federal money, much of it from our government, are upcoming,” the president posted on his Truth Social page late Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Columbia announced it had settled with the Trump administration, agreeing to pay a total of $221 million, including $200 million to the U.S. government and $21 million into a claims fund for Jewish employees.

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