The representative Jerry Nadler of New York has slammed Donald Trump’s crackdown on American universities in the name of fighting antisemitism, saying that withholding federal funding from schools will “not make Jewish students safer”. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Democratic representative said that he condemns Trump’s “latest attacks on higher education cloaked under the guise of fighting antisemitism”. “Once again, the President is weaponizing the real pain American Jews face to advance his desire to wield control over the truth-seeking academic institutions that stand as a bulwark against authoritarianism,” Nadler said. Last month, the Trump administration pulled $400m...