{"id":2237096,"date":"2024-05-04T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T13:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hedge-fund-manager-bill-ackman-pushes-to-ban-allowing-foreign-contributions-to-u-s-schools\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T09:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T13:30:06","slug":"hedge-fund-manager-bill-ackman-pushes-to-ban-allowing-foreign-contributions-to-u-s-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hedge-fund-manager-bill-ackman-pushes-to-ban-allowing-foreign-contributions-to-u-s-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Ackman advocates banning foreign donations to U.S. schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhedge-fund-manager-bill-ackman-pushes-to-ban-allowing-foreign-contributions-to-u-s-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2237096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman urges reevaluation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-jeff-fortenberry-charged-after-allegedly-lying-to-feds\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry Charged After Allegedly Lying To Feds\">foreign contributions<\/a> to U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/firm-linked-to-joe-biden-scrubs-website-of-all-china-related-business\/\" title=\"Firm Linked To Joe Biden Scrubs Website Of All China Related Business\">universities<\/a> amid pro-Hamas\u2064 protests on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">campuses<\/a>. Incidents \u2063of illegal\u2064 encampments on college campuses witnessed, attributed to external <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-poll-challengers-response-to-unhinged-mi-dem-rep-who-called-her-a-liar-is-mic-drop-moment-video\/\" title=\"MI Poll Challenger\u2019s Response To Unhinged MI Dem Rep Who Called Her A Liar, Is Mic Drop Moment[VIDEO]\">agitators<\/a> unaffiliated with the universities. \u200cDespite challenges, universities struggled to contain uprisings. Ackman&#8217;s \u200dconcern \u200bparallels\u200d foreign \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">influence<\/a> regulations on media to prevent anti-American propaganda.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said on Friday that the U.S. needs to reexamine allowing foreign contributions to U.S. universities in light of the recent pro-Hamas protests that sprung up on campuses across the country.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come as illegal encampments popped up on major college campuses in what numerous law enforcement entities have said was a <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/nyc-officials-allege-agitators-opting-columbia-university-protest\/story?id=109821934\">coordinated<\/a> movement by outside agitators who were not connected to the universities.<\/p>\n<p>Despite professional outside agitators being a significant source of the mayhem, university leaders were largely weak in quelling the uprisings on their campuses \u2014 as exemplified by Columbia University where extremists managed to take over an entire building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForeign governments are not allowed to own our radio and TV stations for fear they might be used for anti-American propaganda and influence,\u201d Ackman posted on X. \u201cThe Congress just banned TikTok for the same reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Foreign governments are not allowed to own our radio and TV stations for fear they might be used for anti-American propaganda and influence. The Congress just banned TikTok for the same reason.<\/p>\n<p>Why then do we allow foreign governments to give money to our universities, funds\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5CA0N7lDl9\">https:\/\/t.co\/5CA0N7lDl9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1786361982137880992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhy then do we allow foreign governments to give money to our universities, funds that are used to set up Middle Eastern, Asian studies and other programs which can be designed to fit the desired narratives of the donors?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Ackman said that will students should learn more about the Middle East and Asia, it was a \u201cbig mistake\u201d to have these programs \u201cfunded, influenced, and sometimes designed by foreign governments\u201d who are U.S. adversaries.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714913665807000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3lvFbT1cuWHsd60JGF9_or\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur universities have a profound impact on our younger generation at a time when they are particularly vulnerable to being manipulated, that is, away from home for the first time, and young and naive,\u201d he continued.\u00a0\u201cNotably, these foreign governments concentrate their \u2018gifts\u2019 to our most elite institutions where they can influence our next generation of leaders \u2014 judges, politicians, members of the media and more. Based on recent events on campus, this seems to have been a bad strategy for America. We need to rethink this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman calls for a review of foreign contributions to U.S. universities following pro-Hamas protests on campuses. Illegal encampments appeared on major college campuses amid widespread concerns. 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