Yeah, I'm not sure what Trump could really do here. Harvard gets < 1B in federal funds every year, mainly for research. Harvard also has a ~50B endowment. Short of sending in the military or confiscating Harvard's private funds, it seems like Harvard can wait him out.
With that said, the current administration appears to have a war on education in general so who knows what ideas they could cook up.
> Furthermore, I will direct the Department of Justice to pursue federal civil rights cases against schools that continue to engage in racial discrimination. And schools that persist in explicit unlawful discrimination under the guise of equity will not only have their endowment taxed, but through budget reconciliation, I will advance a measure to have them fined up to the entire amount of their endowment.
With that said, the current administration appears to have a war on education in general so who knows what ideas they could cook up.