US President Donald Trump wants to force US universities through financial leverage to ensure „freedom of speech“ in the sense of conservative propaganda: At a meeting of conservative activists and politicians in Washington, Trump yesterday complained about „repressive language requirements, censorship, political correctness „And said,“ We believe in the freedom of speech. “
„If they do not, it will be expensive for them“
The US president announced that he would soon sign a decree on this. Universities should be required to secure „freedom of expression“ on their grounds if they wanted to receive federal funding, he said. „If they do not, it will be expensive for them.“ Trump did not become more specific.
The president brought to his speech a young conservative activist who, according to US media reports, was recently physically assaulted on a college campus in California when he campaigned for a conservative organization there. „He put a good punch on us all,“ Trump said, looking at the young man.
The general complaint about „censorship,“ a compulsion to „political correctness,“ and a restriction on freedom of speech is a recurring reproach of the political right.
