Trump Questions Columbia, Princeton’s Tax-Exempt Status (1)

President Donald Trump said the US could examine the tax-exempt status of Columbia and Princeton universities after signaling that the Internal Revenue Service should tax Harvard as a political entity.

“It’s really a privilege, and it’s been abused by a lot more than Harvard,” Trump said Thursday in the Oval Office. “We’ll be looking at it very strongly, on the tax-exempt status subject.”

A spokesperson for Columbia declined to comment. A representative for Princeton didn’t immediately provide comment.

The administration has threatened elite colleges with funding cuts after accusing them of failing to protect Jewish students. It has already canceled ...