Trump says US colleges could lose accreditation over 'antisemitic propaganda' if he's elected

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Jewish donors on Thursday that US universities would lose accreditation and federal support over what he described as "antisemitic propaganda" if he is elected to the White House, Reuters reported. 

"Colleges will and must end the antisemitic propaganda or they will lose their accreditation and federal support," Trump said, speaking remotely to a crowd of more than 1,000 Republican Jewish Coalition donors in Las Vegas.

Earlier this year, a nationwide student protest movement erupted, with students demanding an end to Israel's military offensive on Gaza and an end to financial investments by US universities in companies profiting from the war on Gaza.