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This was a Trump Art of the Deal Tactic Make an unreasonable demand They’ll call begging for a deal Negotiate a good deal for Trump They’ll be happy b/c it wasn’t the shock demand even though they actually got screwed

The mistake was letting Garland slow walk the criminal until it was too late.

I couldn't read the article because paywall, but... If it was a mistake (which it obv wasn't), they get their $2.2 m and keep their tax exempt status, right?

Tariffs, tax exemptions, signal debacle...do trumpicans think inept stupidity is better than awful policies? I'd have more respect if they stuck to their awful ideology.

I CANT EVEN!!!! 😳🤬

Yeah, lots of people say electing Trumpy was a mistake. Get with the times, Times!

I call BS … they signed it and doubled down with threats. Incompetence is the standard operating procedure at the White House.

They hit you three times with a baseball bat and it is all your fault, as at the first one you should have asked: did you really mean it?

Yes, Trump is that mistake

Lies? Incompetence? Both?

Exactly!

It’s the "start a different fire" that keeps me up nights.

You damn betcha it was a mistake. This whole maladministration is a mistake.

So many mistakes and we're only about 3 months in.

😭 Nose into asshole and cry - that was a mistake...

Bullsh*t

There are cartoon villains more competent than this regime 😂

* There is no need for a Supreme Court, “It” has out sourced itself to Trump. *

Of course they blame a mistake. Because Harvard didn’t respond how they wanted. They realized where all the Harvard educated lawyers came from.

people are suggesting that the letter was only a mistake in being sent before Harvard caved to some milder demands and was supposed to be the next step in the extortion plot.

They know they can’t win this battle so they’re claiming it was all a mistake by someone not named Trump. But what about his posts on Truth Social? This is what happens when an entity with power and resources fights back.

It's like Veep, but with all Jonahs.

Trump and Musk are the “the problem”—along with all of Trump’s sociopathic colleagues—like Steve Miller—and whoever concocted “Project 2025.”

The most incompetent administration in history. #Woke2Joke #Trunp

Due diligence is neither due nor diligent in the Trump administration. They would be wise to not make an enemy of #HarvardLawSchool

Harvard didn't thank Trump, though... bsky.app/profile/saty...

Lies and more lies!!!

Backing down. Good for Harvard.

was it a mistake like the one that sent a man accidentally with no criminal charges to life imprisonment in El Salvador? A mistake not to be rectified despite court order? More like a thing they did and do not care if you like it or not or if it is legal or not?That kind of mistake?

Send in the clowns. The media should stop calling this Circus an Administration.

they all act as if they were in a reality television series. it's all part of their screenplay. they've already started selling merchs (the gold card, maga hats, tees, slippers, etc.). that's what the u.s. has come to be to the world. a reality tv show. a bad one, btw.

Sounds like horseshit. I send you an insane letter and then I blame you when you don’t ask nicely if I meant it? That’s the logic of a barbarian.

So Harvard won.

This must be the biggest example of gaslighting in the world. Someone's running scared........

It’s a mistake, but not an accident. The same way Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a mistake, but not an accident.

Sureee it was a mistake, they back down when they get sued

How come they can make “mistakes” but no one else can?

Trump is lying. I learned to identify lying, braggart bullies in Junior High School. It is easy to spot one as obtuse, obvious, vacuous, avaricious, and stupid as the compulsive liar and convicted criminal, Donald Trump. We must oppose every effort he makes to destroy our Constitutional Republic.

Same excuse they used for the fucking “administrative error” they did for sending an innocent man to a el salvadorian concentration camp. (i am trying to build a community of like-minded anti-fascists, so plz follow, i follow everyone back)

Meaningless, Trump opened his mouth on the issue. Loser. Only problem, the whole USA is losing with him.

The mistake is residing in the White House.

Was that before or after he instructed the IRS to remove their tax exemption?

Think of all the other Universities that received the same letter and complied. Were those a mistake too? And if it was a mistake, why was the orange felon threatening to remove their tax exempt status. He demanded, they refused and to save face he calls it a mistake now.

Classic case of oopsie daisy. Happens every time!

Every bully is a coward.

Administration admits mistakes but isn't known to correct them.

Mistake what defines a mistake, growing up & learning: What define MANY MISTAKES, confirmation bias, Incompetence, unskilled, clumsiness, cheating, lying, GOP voters being functionally illiterate, and/or believe being racist is cool, so Fuck off USA. .

stop calling their cultural purge a "antisemitism task force" It's Orwellian.

There is an important lesson here.

I imagine White House officials running around like headless chickens.

So, Mr Trump makes America small again..

Typically Mr. Trump. The VS deserve a better leader and senators..

Wow another mistake??? What ever happened to signal gate???Anyone fire yet????????

The whole Trump administration and Maga are one huge mistake. Smh.

Are we tired of all the winning yet? 🙄

Oopsies, too late! colleges around the nation are forming defense packs to support one another and I think it's beautiful and awe inspiring. Check Rachel Maddow for more information.

Trump. Trump is the mistake.

Oh, it was a mistake alright. Keep it up, Trump. Universities, Lawyers, Media, DON’T CAVE TO THESE “mistakes”!!!

Cowards and fools. That’s where we are.

Only slightly more shocking sadness from the cruelty followed by the sheer idiocy and incompetence of this administration.

Only the best people…

Well, at least he's admitting. Now for tariffs- a giant mistake.

He may turn to the Jan 6 RWDS militias, they will cause atrocity, die to civilian bullets, probably from police and staties, and I expect Trump will betray the 6-ers as well when they become a PR issue. Overthrowing the United States isn't all that easy. We'll fight.

I can't speak to the rules regarding how the military wishes to present itself, but that isn't a constitutional abridgement as far as I understand them. If it was a historical record that was being deleted it would be different. If they don't wish to honor their heroes, they'll have fewer.

Another Trump failure.

Sure Donold, whatever you say, lying fascist scum

Yeah, the three stooges sent the email...

"Ah hell, we were just funnin'"

Gee this administration sure makes a lot of mistakes. It's almost like they're incompetent.

Seems like a lotta mistakes It's almost like fox tv hosts don't know what they're doing

Only the best and the brightest working for Trump. What a bunch of 🤡🤡🤡

Translafion: Bully backs off when Harvard refused to obey.

Now they say it was a mistake… Yes, because the brains are going to other nations like Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia and China.

Calling his bluff is the only way. He backs off crying like any playground bully.

A mistake like Signalgate, or a mistake like sending Kilmar to El Salvador? There are so many colossal mistakes from this three-month-old administration, it's hard to calibrate.

Not sure which is worse - the administration’s stupidity/incompetence or their vengeful policies. But the former, coupled with Harvard digging in its heels made the bully blink

The headline would make you think that the showdown with Harvard was a SNAFU. But it wasn't. The Trump administration stands by the letter.

The ONLY mistake is that traitor being re-elected!

tRump C A V E D to Harvard!

Where will the biggest propensity to make the few, rich land next?

Ref:

Oliver North did it.

This should show everyone, especially educators, that standing up to a bully can still be really effective.

Sorry for the terrifying existential threat to your higher institution of learning. Big mistake. So, no harm, no foul.

Lol at Columbia for being a bitch

Incredible

If the Biden admin had this many "mistakes" y'all know articles of impeachment would have already been on the floor..... are "great" yet? 🤦🏻‍♀️

Bullies don’t like when strong people stand up to them

In other words, Trump backed down when Harvard wouldn’t. 🙄

Mistakes and finger-pointing is all his administration knows how to do!

LMAO that’s a big “L” for the Trump admin. 🤣

‘Their chaos is always “accidental,” but the refusal to fix it is always intentional.’

Was it a mistake only because Harvard fought back?

Do you see anyone on the right that is as competent as a WW2 German scientist? Me neither. These clowns are ludicrous and we will stop them.

Best we can hope for, already irreparable damage at 3 months.

He (and his enablers) have already done it

Sadly I agree.

Or: Trump caves in on Harvard same day as he gives Ukraine to Russia.

The Trump administration is one continual big mistake!

The Administration is afraid. The mistake lie is a tactic. The public knows the truth so their next step will be a bolder lie that Harvard is supporting Palestinians in Gaza or something similar. This is ENDLESS!!!

So if you concede, Trump demands more concessions. If you stand up to his bullying, he backs down. Kids, what's the lesson of this story?

Another “oopsie”?

Seems like they make an awful lot of mistakes for such an amazing, perfect administration.

A mistake of 70 million voters.

Blame mistake? How about the country voting for this indicted felon, a mistake? Why don’t we open a discuss on that? #Harvard

But do trump officials retract it?

It's almost as if these idiots don't know what they're doing.

hahahahaha.

LET THIS BE A LESSON. If you push back, AT ALL, without waiver, they will crumple like a cheap new york suit.

These people are fucking morons.

trump:

is the mistake that he was elected?

"Mistake" perfectly summarizes their entire administration.

Indeed..

Hahahaha. What a bunch of amateurs and cowards. Kick back hard Harvard! The academic world is watching!