Bill Maher calls universities 'indoctrination factories,' partially backs Trump efforts to reform them

Bill Maher calls universities 'indoctrination factories,' partially backs Trump efforts to reform them


Bill Maher slammed America's elite universities as "indoctrination factories" and shared support for President Donald Trump’s plans to reform them, saying they need a "hot poker up the a--," on HBO’s "Real Time" on Friday. Trump restored research funds to Columbia after the Ivy League school settled with the administration, paying over $221 million to resolve various federal civil rights investigations against it. And if it weren’t exhilarating by this challenge to the monopoly of violence – by this shifting to this balance of power – then they would not be human.


Published at: 2025-08-03 22:00:31

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