The Troubling Lines That Columbia Is Drawing
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Plus if anyone thinks Trump is defending Jewish people here in the US, I have a bridge to sell you. He is using that as a tool to extract revenge, the only reason he is supporting Israel is because he hates Arabic people far more.
Like all paranoid authoritarians, he will move on Jewish people once he believes he "won" against Arabs.
Columbia should have joined with Harvard and other ivy league schools to fight against Trumps illegal acts. Instead each school is left flapping in the wind.
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