I’ve been thrilled with much of what Donald Trump has done as president. He’s working to end the Ukraine war, secure the border, end the war on cryptocurrency, and cut government waste—all things I strongly support. But cutting federal funding over campus protests backfired so badly, it convinced Columbia’s most insufferable activists that they actually matter.Last Friday, the Trump administration announced it was cutting $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University, in a “first round of action,” intended to pressure universities to take a harder stance against alleged antisemitism in the wake of campus protests over the war in Gaza.Columbia, like every major university, has been in an impossible position since October 7th. There was no way to satisfy everyone. Whatever a

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