New Delhi, April 23 -- In an unusually strongly-worded editorial published recently, The Economist warned that US President Donald Trump and his MAGA army's plan to remake America's elite universities could have "terrible consequences for higher education, for innovation, for economic growth and even for what sort of country America is," cautioning that the MAGA revolutionaries don't just want to re-fashion Harvard to their liking-they want to "burn it down."

If that sounds melodramatic, consider this: In the past few days, Trump has used his executive powers to freeze billions in federal grants to elite higher education and research institutions, and has cancelled millions more in federal contracts.

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