Trump administration ‘means business’ on college crackdown: Linda McMahon

What Trump is doing is misdirecting the public, sometimes referred to as lying. The main issue the administration has with colleges is explained by JD Vance himself prior to any of this more recent stuff like the Gaza war. It's similar to Trump saying that immigrants are criminals and gang members so must be deported. The truth is that very few of the folks that he's deported are criminals or gang members and even if some are they are still entitled to due process and the prosecution having to prove that they are gang members, criminals, or poor citizens.

J.D. Vance Called Universities ‘The Enemy.’ Now He’s Trump’s VP Pick.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2024/07/16/trump-taps-jd-vance-sharp-critic-higher-ed-vp

Republicans have hated universities for years. Anti-war protests gave them a reason to punish them.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/11/trump-universities-protest-antisemitism-government-00224272