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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(122,072 posts) Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:52 PM 17 hrs ago

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Trump Threatens To Pull Accreditations From Colleges He Doesn't Like (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 17 hrs ago OP

Trump doesn't have the authority to pull accreditations. yardwork 17 hrs ago #1

So the department he is destroying won't recognize their accreditations? bluedigger 16 hrs ago #2

(66,343 posts)

1. Trump doesn't have the authority to pull accreditations.

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:54 PM

17 hrs ago

However, he can defund their federal grants and try to starve them.

He just thinks it sounds more important to "pull their accreditation."

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2. So the department he is destroying won't recognize their accreditations?

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:02 PM

16 hrs ago

Seems like kind of a hollow threat.

(23,767 posts)

3. Can't the colleges just buy a $5 million Trump Gold Card and bypass all the rules?

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:22 PM

16 hrs ago