Trump administration suspends several dozen grants to Princeton

April 01, 2025 1 min read

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Christopher Bao and Cynthia Torres
Daily Princetonian 

Excerpt: The Trump administration has suspended several dozen research grants to Princeton, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 wrote in a campus-wide email on Tuesday. The grants were issued from several federal agencies, including the Department of Energy, NASA, and the Defense Department.

The exact amount in question and the reasoning for the pause itself are unclear, and Eisgruber acknowledged only the latter in his statement. But the Daily Caller, a right-wing news organization, reported last night that the government would halt $210 million in federal funding to Princeton due to an ongoing investigation of antisemitism on campus, citing an anonymous Trump official.

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Ken McCarthy '81
Ken McCarthy '81

April 04, 2025

It would be useful to know what these grants were for. Climate change? (NASA) Encouraging gender fluidity in the foxhole? (Defense Department) That no one is detailing the specific grants that were cancelled is typical journalistic malpractice.

My guess is the Trump administration wanted a twofer: 1) Cut a bunch of nonsensical pork-barrel “research grants” and 2) do it under the red herring of “fighting antisemitism on campus”. The latter earns him an attaboy from Miriam Adelson and other pro-genocide deviants who helped put him in office (See “Christian Zionists” – which includes some leaders of PFS).

That’s how you get ahead in life, friends. Make everything you do accomplishes two or more goals. Trump didn’t get into the White House by being a dummy.

It’s too bad the pro-genocide crowd has been the more effective in controlling him. He’s ruining his legacy and creating a planet full or people who have contempt for our country, something we will be paying for for generations. What’s the end game here? Every Palestinian dead? And that gets us what exactly? You’d think a brilliant CEO would be better at basic scenario planning.

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