President Trump's war on liberal elites has led to millions of dollars in settlements, as powerful institutions in media, higher education, and the legal profession surrender left and right to his demands.
As reported by Axios, Trump has received over $1 billion from big names like Columbia, ABC News, and Paramount, and it may not be long before Harvard gives in.
Trump has leveraged the federal purse strings and the Justice Department's law enforcement powers to secure big concessions, both monetary and political.
His success has shaken the left, which had until recently enjoyed uncontested cultural influence that it used to proselytize to half the nation.
The recent cancellation of Stephen Colbert's stridently partisan, and unprofitable, late-night show on CBS led to speculation that Trump was somehow responsible, although the move reportedly had nothing to do with Trump's $16 million settlement with CBS parent company Paramount.
The Trump administration announced a $50 million settlement with Brown University this week, making it the latest Ivy League school to capitulate to Trump's demands to roll back "DEI "and address campus anti-Semitism.
“Congratulations to Brown University on the settlement made with the United States Government. There will be no more Anti-Semitism, or Anti-Christian, or Anti-Anything Else!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“Woke is officially DEAD at Brown. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” he added.
The oldest and wealthiest university in America, Harvard, resisted Trump's pressure initially but has moved towards a settlement. Harvard is reportedly prepared to pay $500 million, which would be the largest prize yet for Trump in his cultural shakedown.
The nation's left-wing elite legal profession has not been spared in Trump's war on "woke," either. Some of the biggest law firms have pledged nearly $1 billion in free legal services for conservative causes. It's a particularly notable development, considering the expenses Trump has incurred battling liberal "lawfare" over the years.
Trump has also scored major wins against the legacy media, or what he calls the "Fake News." ABC News and Paramount/CBS separately agreed to pay millions of dollars towards Trump's presidential library to settle a pair of lawsuits over defamation and election interference, respectively.
According to Trump, Paramount will also give him $20 million in free advertising, but Paramount denies this.
President Barack Obama, a Columbia University graduate and lawyer who owns several mansions, recently expressed anger at the capitulation of the nation's top law firms, chastising them for putting money ahead of their liberal values.
"Not because, by the way, that they’re going to be thrown in jail, but because they might lose a few clients and might not be able to finish that kitchen rehab at their Hampton house," the frustrated former president said. "I’m not impressed."
Columbia University has agreed to pay over $200 million to the federal government to settle civil rights probes and unfreeze research funding that Trump paused.
