Harvard University has said it plans to keep an $8.6m grant it received as part of a stimulus package to blunt the economic impact of the coronavirus lockdown, contradicting Donald Trump who said the university would return it.
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, Trump pointed to the institution’s ample endowment – worth nearly $41bn – as a reason why it should hand back the money.
“Harvard is going to pay back the money and they shouldn’t be taking it,” Trump said, adding that Harvard had one of the largest endowments “in the country, maybe in the world.”
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