Above is one of the latest siege images Strib printed before Homan's withdrawal speech. Given the polling, the urge to caption the image, "Who's Next," was dropped because after Trump's having his ass handed him in polling over ICE/CBP methods, he may fire Stephen Miller and avoid further polling losses, if feasible.
But, how petty and retributive is the man? How far is his reach that way?
Our DOW (DoD officially, but Trump/Hegseth do it their way) posts:
That's go an embedded awkward Hegseth speech if you care, but the item states:
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today announced the War Department would sever its academic ties with Harvard University, because attendance at the school no longer meets the needs of the War Department or the military services.
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"For too long, this department has sent our best and brightest officers to Harvard, hoping the university would better understand and appreciate our warrior class," he said. "Instead, too many of our officers came back looking too much like Harvard — heads full of globalist and radical ideologies that do not improve our fighting ranks."
Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, the War Department will discontinue graduate-level professional military education, fellowships and certificate programs at the school. Hegseth noted that military personnel who are currently attending classes will be able to finish those courses of study.
The secretary said the U.S. military has, in the past, had an important and often positive relationship with Harvard.
"In 1775 ... Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army in Harvard Yard and used the university as a military base," he said. "From that time, through the Korean War, military service was commonplace at Harvard. There are more recipients of our nation's Medal of Honor who went to Harvard than any other civilian institution in the United States."
Today, Hegseth said, Harvard is no longer a welcoming institution to military personnel or the right place to develop them.
The secretary also cited as a problem the relationships Harvard has with foreign powers, and an on-campus culture that is incongruent with military and American values and interests.
"Campus research programs have partnered with the Chinese Communist Party," he said. "And university leadership encouraged a campus environment that celebrated Hamas, allowed attacks on Jews, and still promotes discrimination based on race in violation of Supreme Court decisions."
While the War Department announced cessation of academic relations with Harvard, the secretary said in the coming weeks, the department and military services would evaluate similar relationships with other schools.
There's more, but is there some special reason, why Harvard, and will Hegseth's alma mater Princeton or any other school be next? How do you weigh that?
Well there is search = harvard turned down Barron Trump
As to how far and how petty; and as to whether Hegseth will really dump on other schools, do the search and consider the implication of returned items - re both questions; how retributive; and will others suffer "warrior scorn" now that folks can connect Barron's college options, and Harvard's being an administration target.
So, presumably other Ivy League rejections of Barron happened before NYU took him, and will there be a patterned domino effect, related per DOD/Barron rejections/
Who is Trump that way, and perhaps Barron took a shot at Princeton, the Hegseth alma mater, and they're unfit now for a warrior ethos too?
UPDATE; bonus link: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/02/pete-hegseth-military-harvard-donald-trump.html
FURTHER: It's reported, for example, that Barron chose NYU to remain housed in Trump Tower while in college. It likely does beat dorms or campus neighborhoods.
FURTHER: Ivanka's spouse Jared Kushner did get into Harvard, but perhaps dad Donald did not want to grease the skids the way the Kushner dad got both sons into Harvard. Or the Harvard endowment possibly would not accept cryoto.
In fairness, getting into NYU is no shabby accomplishment. Even if strings were pulled. It's a good school.