ANOTHER FUCKUP - Trump goons say Harvard demand letter sent "by mistake."

[yellowcanine]

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-harvard-2671803666/


The sweeping set of demands President Donald Trump’s administration insisted Harvard University comply with last Friday was sent to the elite institution by mistake and should never have hit their inbox, according to the New York Times.

But by the time Harvard received “a frantic call from a Trump official,” the following Monday, it was too late. The university had already defied the president’s demands for control, “setting off a tectonic battle between one of the country’s most prestigious universities and a U.S. president,” the Times reported.

Reporter added to classified attack plan discussion "by mistake."
Man deported due to "administrative error"
Now this.
These asswipes are going to get someone killed.

[sop]

1. Ending Harvard's tax-exempt status was also a mistake?

Cutting million$ in government funding, too? Such bullshit..

[Scrivener7]

4. Right? Ending the tax exempt status came out of Mump's own mouth. So no. They're backing down because someone stood up

Columbia needs to reverse course on this and save a fraction of its integrity.

Alexander Hamilton is spinning.

[obamanut2012]

12. And Noem sending the letter about International students

[NCDem47]

2. I swear they send eveything through just to see where the pushback will be.

Some get stopped in their tracks...and others make it through. Death by a thousand cuts. But the end result is an erosion of democartic principles.

[MayReasonRule]

5. Here's To The End Result Being The Return To Reason's Rule

[Native]

10. That's not how I see it. Looks to me like they are following the grand "project." It's just that

even though they have loyalists in charge this time, they still have a fair amount of idiots in charge, and those who might have some level of expertise aren't pushing back on mistakes due to "loyalty." What this confirms for me is that they are truly schoolyard level bullies, and they backdown when people stand up to them.

[BadgerKid]

16. I'm a bit worried that 25'ing him will

provide a way to have malevolent non-idiots running things.

[MayReasonRule]

3. They Already Have - Women Suffering And Dying From Lack Of Medical Care Children Starving Vaccines Withheld

It's the Fascist Playbook:

• Intimidation
• Incarceration
• Extermination

Truly the more things change the more they tend towards staying the same.

Same as it ever was.

[Paladin]

6. "CYA" ("Cover Your Ass")

This is a blatant CYA maneuver by trump, in response to the blowback from Harvard's strong response to his arrogant, brain-dead attempt at control. Extremely important development---Harvard should serve as a proud model for us all.

[obamanut2012]

13. Yup, they thought they would bend the knee like Columbia

[BootinUp]

7. The lobotomized will believe it. nt

[Resistance1]

8. Resistance is NOT futile!

Stand up to the bully with a big "Fuck You" and watch him back down but he will never apologize.

[GoCubsGo]

9. "Mistake," my fat ass.

The only mistakes they made was believing that nobody was going to stand up to their bullying, and then bullying the wrong people. Harvard stood up to them, and they didn't expect that. Now, they're trying to save face, by claiming it was an accident. That, and they are realizing the stupidity of trying to bully the school that trained a whole bunch of the best, most powerful lawyers in the country, including multiple Supreme Court members. And, they're not going to stand for their alma mater being attacked.

They sure have a lot of those "accidents." It was the same thing with the Kilmar Abrego Garcia "mistake." They knew damn well what they were doing, and it blew up in their faces. Now, they're trying to cover their asses. Same shit, different day.

The only question here: Do they implode from their own stupidity before they finish destroying this country, or after?

[Arazi]

11. Yeah but now that Harvard pushed back, the Administration stands by the letter 🙄

Nobody’s fooled.

This wasn’t a mistake

[yardwork]

14. I don't believe anything they say.

They sent the letter with the assumption that Harvard would quietly fold and go along with the demands. Just like Columbia and other institutions are doing.

But Harvard fought back and now the White House is scrambling. Like bullies always do.

This is proof that defiance against Trump works.

[Kid Berwyn]

15. SOP

At Helsinki in 2017, Trump believed Putin over the US Intelligence Community; then after the public outrage he was a servile poodle, he didn’t. So, he sent out spokespeople saying he did, then sent others who said he didn’t say that.

See how chaotic? Time passes and nothing good gets done.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

17. It's neither a fuckup nor a mistake. There was pushback, so they're deflecting.

[malaise]

18. The KKKK

Klu Klutz Klan Kakistocracy!
That is all

[Historic NY]

19. 100 days and thousands of mistakes

Trump 2.0

[David__77]

20. Hopefully Harvard wouldn't have consented to the demands if more nicely stated.