Edward Markey: “Donald Trump is acting as an authoritarian. He's almost…”

“So much happened there with the Trump administration singling out that university specifically when it comes to perhaps maybe pulling its tax exempt status, talking about not allowing it to have foreign students. What do you make of these particular actions? Well, obviously Donald Trump is acting as an authoritarian. He's almost mimicking Vladimir Putin in Russia. He is trying to subjugate Harvard University. But all universities to the ideological whims of a president of the United States. And that is why it is so important that Harvard University is standing up.” (00:43–00:53)

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