Barron Faces NYU Professors Who Signed Trump ‘Threat’ Letter

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Eighteen-year-old Barron Trump’s first day of college at New York University’s Stern School of Business allegedly began by meeting his school’s once outspoken anti-Trump dean.

Interim dean J.P. Eggers was one of 14 NYU Stern administrators to sign an October 2020 open letter warning business leaders of then president Donald Trump’s “threat” to “our republic.” The letter included over 1000 signatories from business schools across America, including from Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Columbia. Harvard University professor Professor Deepak Malhotra served as the letter’s main author.

“It is time for business leaders to follow suit and speak out against the threat Trump poses to our country,” the letter urged, referencing veterans, scientists, doctors, and other professional groups that spoke out against Trump leading up to the 2020 election won by President Biden.

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