Columbia University is facing the whirlwind after the Trump administration canceled a reported $400 million in grants. That came after the Ivy League school continually refused to take action to stop antisemitic harassment at the hands of pro-Hamas activists. 

Beginning in the Spring of 2024, radicals began illegally occupying parts of the campus, accosting Jewish students, and in some cases destroying property and injuring others while demanding a "global intifada." The Biden administration repeatedly tried to straddle the fence between limited condemnations and protecting the far-left activists. As expected, Trump is taking a different approach. 

Outrage has flowed over the decision to detain Mahmoud Khalil, a Hamas supporter who has helped lead the legal protests at Columbia. The administration has cited violations of his green card conditions in seeking to deport him. Espousing terrorism and offering support for terrorist organizations (Hamas is a designated terrorist group) are prohibited for foreign nationals under U.S. law.

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Pulling the grants was a no-brainer given that the administration has clear authority to do so, and the reality of that is starting to become clear to faculty members, according to Steve McGuire, who heads up the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. An internal source told him that "layoffs [are] imminent" and that faculty are "apoplectic" at Columbia President Katrina Armstrong for losing control of the situation.

NEW: Columbia has begun notifying faculty of cancelled grants.

From an internal source there: 

“Grant cancellation notices flowing in now. Labs shutting down. Layoffs imminent. Faculty apoplectic at Katrina Armstrong for letting it get to this point. She has to fix this fast.”

Given how far-left Columbia's faculty is, I'm not sure if they are mad at Armstrong for not stopping the pro-Hamas activists and their illegality or if they expected her to stop Trump somehow. Either way, this is a university that is rotten to its core and deserves every bit of punishment it is receiving. Layoffs should be imminent for a school that can't even manage to stop terror-supporting from occupying public spaces and prohibiting Jews from traversing campus without being harassed. 

I've got some good news, though. Columbia should have no problem funding labs and paying its employees because the university has a $14.8 billion endowment. Given that, why were American taxpayers giving them nearly half a billion dollars in the first place? It shows you how the elites of our society have so rigged the system to always keep the cash from the middle class flowing into their coffers when they've already got so much money. 

Of course, all of this could have been avoided by simply taking action against these pro-Hamas lunatics. Columbia chose not to, terrified at the backlash, and now the price is being paid. Perhaps some lessons will be learned, but probably not.