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Former President Donald Trump railed against nan anti-Israel chaos connected Columbia University’s campus, calling nan school’s president "weak" for not squelching nan unrest erstwhile it first arose.
"New York was nether siege past night," Trump said said Wednesday during a rally successful Waukesha, Wisconsin.
"She waited truthful long. She was truthful weak. She was truthful afraid. She was truthful bad," Trump continued, referring to Columbia President Minouche Shafik. "They could person done this pinch nan tents and it would person gone quickly and nary problem," he continued.
Anti-Israel protesters unified connected Columbia’s field astir 2 weeks ago, and person since protested extracurricular nan school’s gates, established a "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" connected nan Academic Lawn, and moreover took complete a schoolhouse building, Hamilton Hall, this week. The New York City Police Department, wearing mostly riot gear, conducted a raid wrong Hamilton Hall precocious Tuesday night, clearing nan building successful astir 2 hours.
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Former President Donald Trump speaks to crowds successful Waukesha, Wisconsin. (Fox News )
"They did an unthinkable job. They [overtook] 1 of nan large buildings, beautiful landmark building. Boy it sewage nan hellhole hit retired of it past night. You cognize you're expected to return attraction of those buildings. It took a beating. But nan constabulary came in. In precisely 2 hours, everything was over. It was a beautiful point to watch," Trump continued.
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The protestation connected Columbia’s field is conscionable 1 of dozens playing retired crossed colleges nationwide, pinch immoderate of nan nation’s astir elite universities coping pinch wide protests and encampments demanding schools divest from Israel. Schools specified arsenic UCLA, Yale, Harvard, Fordham, UT Austin are conscionable a fewer of nan schools embroiled successful nan protests.
Anti-Israel protesters bent signs from Columbia University successful New York City connected Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Columbia announced earlier coming that its field would stay closed "until circumstances let otherwise", aft students occupied Hamilton Hall early this morning. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
"We opportunity justice, you opportunity how. Burn Tel Aviv to nan ground," protesters person chanted connected Columbia University’s field successful caller days. "Hamas we emotion you. We support your rockets, too," different chants person included.
Columbia's president is facing calls to resign complete her handling of nan unrest, including New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik urging schoolhouse trustees to region Shafik aft nan schoolhouse mislaid power of Hamilton Hall to nan radicals connected campus.
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Columbia University module and unit stitchery connected nan field successful solidarity pinch student protesters who are demonstrating against nan university's investments successful Israel, Monday, April 29, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
Trump has many times condemned nan protests amid his proceedings successful Manhattan, wherever is presently facing 34 felony charges of falsifying business records. Trump has pleaded not blameworthy to each of nan charges, and has mostly been kept distant from nan run way to be nan trial.
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"What's going connected astatine nan assemblage level… Columbia, NYU and others is simply a disgrace. And it's really connected Biden," Trump said past week extracurricular nan courtroom.
Former President Donald Trump speaks astatine a rally successful Waukesha, Wisconsin. (Fox News)
"He's sewage nan incorrect words. He doesn't cognize who he's backing. And it's a mess. And if this were me, they'd beryllium aft me, they'd beryllium aft maine truthful much, but they're trying to get him a pass. And what's going connected is simply a ugliness to our country. And it's each Biden's fault, and everybody knows it. He's sewage nary message, he's sewage nary compassion and doesn't cognize what he's doing," Trump continued, adding Biden is the "worst president successful nan history of our country."
New York Police Department officers detain dozens of anti-Israel students astatine Columbia University aft they barricaded themselves astatine nan Hamilton Hall building adjacent Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier successful New York, United States connected April 30, 2024. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The NYPD arrested an estimated 300 group astatine Columbia and City College overnight. Following nan arrests, an encampment was established connected Fordham University’s field successful nan Bronx, pinch nan schoolhouse informing student protesters Wednesday day they are suspended and banned from campus.
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Trump is connected nan run way successful Wisconsin and Michigan connected Wednesday earlier he heads backmost to Manhattan to resume proceedings proceedings Thursday morning.
