Drake University is brazenly defying the Trump administration's federal guidelines by continuing to force students into mandatory "equity and inclusion" coursework, despite receiving taxpayer funding that should disqualify them from pushing woke ideology.
The Iowa-based university is apparently betting they can ignore President Trump's clear directive banning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives at any institution that accepts federal money. It's a gamble that could cost them millions in funding – and should.
This isn't just about one rogue university. Drake's defiance represents exactly the kind of institutional arrogance that President Trump was elected to crush. These academic elites think they can take your tax dollars with one hand while indoctrinating your children with radical leftist propaganda with the other.
The Deep State Academic Complex Strikes Back
What we're witnessing is the academic establishment's desperate attempt to preserve their woke indoctrination machine. They've spent decades transforming universities from places of learning into leftist re-education camps, and they're not going down without a fight.
The "equity and inclusion" courses Drake refuses to drop aren't about fairness or tolerance – they're about teaching students to view everything through the lens of race and gender, dividing Americans into oppressor and victim classes. It's cultural Marxism dressed up in academic language.
Parents sending their kids to Drake are paying tens of thousands of dollars to have their children taught to hate their own country and question fundamental American values. Meanwhile, taxpayers are subsidizing this anti-American propaganda through federal funding.
Time for Consequences
The Trump administration needs to make Drake University an example. Cut their federal funding immediately and show every other woke institution that defying presidential directives has real consequences.
This is exactly why Americans voted for Trump – to drain the swamp and end the weaponization of our institutions against conservative values. The administrative state and their academic allies are testing Trump's resolve, hoping he'll back down like weak Republicans have done for decades.
How many more universities are quietly ignoring Trump's DEI ban, gambling that no one will notice? It's time to find out – and make them pay the price for their defiance.