Pentagon ditches Harvard as Hegseth declares university too ‘woke’

The Pentagon is cutting ties with Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programmes with the Ivy League institution.Friday’s announcement marks the latest development in the Trump administration’s prolonged standoff with Harvard over the White House’s demands for reforms at the Ivy League school.Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement on Friday that Harvard “no longer meets the needs of the War Department or the military services”.“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.”US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth greets Army National Guard soldiers after administering their oath during a re-enlistment ceremony at the base of the Washington Monument on Friday. Photo: ReutersIn a separate post on social media, Hegseth wrote: “Harvard is woke; the War Department is not.”