Columbia University became the latest huge academic institution to kowtow to Donald Trump’s shakedown, agreeing to pay him hundreds of millions of dollars so they can get their research funding back. But Trump still hasn’t restored their accreditation. And there’s no assurance that Trump, like any mafia shakedown artist running a protection racket, won’t keep coming back for more.
Trump to Colleges: I’ll Be Back
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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As George Carlin said all those years ago, “You don’t need a formal conspiracy when interests converge.”
I look at the universities and all I see is smoothies who milked the system for a long time, getting very rich while enjoying very secure positions that, regardless of fuckuppery on their parts, led to more and more remuneration and advancement. An incestuous batch of people moving between jobs/titles/board positions at the intersection of government, education, and business. Donald Trump’s “threat” was kabuki theater, and everyone played along. Why? Because that’s what you do when you’re an “educator” at an Ivy League. Because that’s how you keep going to the bank. Just like any whore in a fake chinchilla coat shivering on a street corner will tell you.