US President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack Monday on a federal judge overseeing a key case involving Harvard University, claiming she is biased and threatening to cut billions of dollars in federal funding to the elite Ivy League institution.

In a Truth Social post, Trump took aim at the judge — an Obama appointee — and said, “She is a TOTAL DISASTER, which I say even before hearing her Ruling. She has systematically taken over the various Harvard cases, and is an automatic ‘loss’ for the People of our Country!”

The President’s remarks came as Harvard University appeared in federal court to challenge the Trump administration over what it claims was the unlawful cut of $2.6 billion in federal funding. Trump’s administration has been pressuring the university for months, accusing it of being too liberal and antisemitic, and taking action against it as part of a broader campaign.

Trump further alleged the university is “anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, and anti-America,” and questioned how such a judge ended up with the high-profile case. “How did this Trump-hating Judge get these cases?” he asked.

TRUMP TARGETS HARVARD

The president also zeroed in on Harvard’s sizeable endowment, which currently exceeds $50 billion. “Harvard has $52 Billion dollars sitting in the Bank,” he wrote, claiming the university has benefited disproportionately from taxpayer money. “Much of this money comes from the USA, all to the detriment of other Schools, Colleges, and Institutions, and we are not going to allow this unfair situation to happen any longer.”

Trump made clear he expects an unfavourable ruling — and a swift response. “When she rules against us, we will IMMEDIATELY appeal, and WIN.”

“The Government will stop the practice of giving many Billions of Dollars to Harvard, much of which had been given without explanation,” he said. “The Trump Administration will not stop until there is VICTORY.”

The country’s oldest and richest university has become a focus of the Trump administration’s campaign to leverage federal funding to force change at US universities, which Trump says are gripped by antisemitic and “radical left” ideologies.

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With inputs from Reuters

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