Secret Task -Force – Trump blows to hunt “thinking”

The American elite universities are under fire. Under the pretext of the fight against anti -Semitism, the government of US President Donald Trump unfolds one of the most far -reaching ideological campaigns against the university sector in the history of the country. In the center of this offensive, there is a largely unknown but powerful group, whose influence now not only has universities, but also ministries, state -owned companies and entire states.

The Harvard Case: Attack on Academic Freedom
At the beginning of this week, the US government frozen federal subsidies and contracts of $ 2.26 billion for Harvard University. The measure was the direct answer to the university’s refusal to meet a list of nine government requirements. Including: the abolition of programs on diversity, equality and inclusion (dei), an extensive ban on a mask for demonstration, the external variety of opinions among employees and the obligation to report foreign students to the federal authorities in “Un -amerikan behavior”.

Harvard President Alan Garber went against: “No government may prescribe private universities that they hire, record or what they teach.” The representation of the Harvard faculty has brought a lawsuit. The American Association of University Professors spoke about an “unprecedented attack on academic freedom”.

Columbia University, previously focused, had quickly given up $ 400 million. But despite concessions, no funds were reimbursed. The then President Katrina Armstrong was forced to resign a few days later and put pressure on by a leading employee of the anti-Semitism-Task-Force, Sean Keveney of the Ministry of Health. The course: who does not fully cooperate.

The Task Force: Do without control
The so -called Task Force to combat anti -Semitism works without parliamentary control, relies on threatening backgrounds and uses an interpretation of existing civil rights laws. It is led by Leo Terrell, a former Fox News commentator, together with officials from the Ministry of Justice, Education and Health and the General Services Administration (GSA).

The original idea that the Task Force preceded was very useful. In the course of the attack of the Islamic terrorist militia on Israel with 1200 murdered Israelis and hundreds of deported hostages on October 7, 2023, a wave of anti -Semitism shook American universities. Rectors did not take action under the seal of freedom of expression, while Jewish students were harassed by their fellow students – as revenge at the approach of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip against the terrorists. A bizarre wave of sympathy for the Palestinian terrorists walk through the universities. Apparently the pure ignorance of the American students about the conflict in the middle and culminated in joint prayers with the Muslimmas students.

But now you encourage the fight against anti -semitism as a reason to perform fundamental dissidents.

According to the “Wall Street Journal”, the Task Force works “from meetings”, partly even without coordination with cabinet members. Education Minister Linda McMahon, according to her own information, only learned about media reports from planned sanctions.

The political plan: universities ideological “recapture”
Trump himself had already said in 2023 that the financing for schools would be removed “that support the Marxist attack on our inheritance”. There is a strategic goal behind the procedure of his helpers: the “Reconquest” of the universities of the “Radical Left”. Conservative activist Christopher Rufo summarized it: “One of these universities must be metaphorically” to be stable “to stable.

The Task Force uses a strong means of pressure for this: federal subsidies for research, education and student loans form a considerable part of the budgets. Even rich universities such as Harvard or Columbia cannot do without you in the long term. The step to withdraw these resources in a targeted way is considered legally risky, but politically effective.

Expansion to ministries and states
What started with elite unis is expanding. According to “Wall Street Journal” and “The Atlantic”, Task-Force is now also investigating municipal institutions and state-owned companies. In Florida, a politically conservative groundbreaking condition, Dei programs have already been legally abolished at universities. 28 jobs were removed at the University of Florida, content was censored and teachers report self -censorship and fear of retaliation.

The model will probably go to school: the Task Force would have announced discussions with administrations in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. According to insiders, the use of federal contract guidelines for the influence on municipal institutions is also in discussion. It becomes clear that the measures should not be limited to universities.

Book voltage on the US Naval Academy
To protect the navy against unwanted ideas, the Pentagon has now removed nearly 400 books as a forbidden “dei” propaganda from the library by the Pentagon. George Orwell’s “1984” or works by the black poet Maya Angelou, among others. For the Democratic MP Adam Smith, the book spell is an “unchanged attack on academic freedom”. In an open letter he demands that he finds out from those who are responsible “what rational justification this incredible censorship and circumcision of freedom of expression”. He points out that Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” can still be found on the bookshelf of the US Naval Academy.

Critics in the press must be silenced
Trump wants to prevent any criticism of his political and ideological course by bringing the “hostile media” to the cruciate hair of his government. Because after the Republican majority, submissively granted him and the Supreme Court with his conservative majority who hardly cuts him, the press still stands in the way of “fourth violence”. The AP News Agency has already been banned from the Oval Office and the Air Force One and the fearless CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins was personally resorted to Trump as an example of “fake news” for all over the world.

On Sunday, the president also left a scolding tirade against the CBS station because he had critical voices with critical voices. The program “60 minutes” Ukrainian President Wolodyymyr Senskyj has interviewed his fear, among other things, that “the Russian perspective in the United States had prevailed”. Trump then asked his chairman of the National Committee FCC, Brendan Carr, CBS to withdraw the transmission license for “constant lies”.

International consequences: “Brain Drain” towards Europe
The consequences of the Trump policy go beyond the United States. International students are threatened with the withdrawal of a visa, deported to the smallest violation. According to the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation, hundreds of Visa have already been withdrawn. Some universities warned students to leave the country – a Re -Try was not guaranteed.

The benefits of Europe: German and Dutch universities have an increasing number of applicants from the United States. Research ministeries in Austria and Germany openly speak of “refuge” for troubled scientists.

What started in response to anti -Semitic incidents has developed into an extensive political campaign. Trump’s government uses its power to force universities to step into steps and obedience. There is not only criticism from universities, but also from lawyers and civil organizations. However, as long as the public course of Trump receives approval, the “hunt for those who think otherwise” must continue.