Immediately after taking office, President Donald Trump launched a deluge of executive actions against universities, particularly in response to alleged antisemitism. Northwestern professors condemned the orders as attacks on the First Amendment rights of universities.

In short, the alleged Truth Social ( archived) post was real. On March 4, 2025, Trump indeed posted "all federal funding will stop for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests," without providing specifics. Therefore, we have labeled this claim correctly attributed. The post read in full:

U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted to cut the federal funding of colleges that allow what he called "illegal protests" in a social media post that civil rights groups called an attack on the freedoms of speech and assembly.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would withhold federal funds from schools, colleges and universities that allowed what he called illegal protests. “Agitators will be imprisoned/ or permanently sent back to the country from which they came,” Trump said in a social media post.

"All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests,” Trump wrote. "American students will be permanently expelled, or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter."

Trump says any school that "allows illegal protests" will lose federal funds, as his administration launches a review of Columbia University.

President Trump said Tuesday that he will seek to block the federal funding for colleges and universities “that allow illegal protests” on their campuses.  “All Federal Funding will STOP for any