Deadline Poet / June 10, 2025


Trump Says He’s Punishing Harvard for Antisemitism

Calvin Trillin
A Jewish student wears a kippah given to him by Donald Trump’s campaign during a speech before prominent Jewish donors on September 19, 2024, in Washington, DC.
A Jewish student wears a kippah given to him by Donald Trump’s campaign during a speech before prominent Jewish donors on September 19, 2024, in Washington, DC.(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

From what we’re reading daily in the news,
The prize for chutzpah isn’t hard to choose:
The MAGA king with quasi-fascist views
Proclaims himself protector of the Jews.

Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”

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