U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cut funding to the University of California at Berkeley after protesters smashed windows and set fires at the liberal-leaning school, forcing the cancellation of an appearance by Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right Breitbart News editor.
“If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view — NO FEDERAL FUNDS?” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter at 6:13 a.m. EST (1113 GMT). He did not elaborate.
It was not immediately clear, however, what action Trump could take without authorisation from Congress, or without risking legal action. — Reuters
