Trump’s Berkeley Threat Could Hit Prestigious Energy Lab Funding

President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off federal funding to the University of California-Berkeley could imperil billions of dollars in energy research contracts to the university’s renowned Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Trump’s early morning tweet was in response to violent protests on one of the University of California’s flagship campuses. The demonstrations were triggered by a scheduled speech by a provocative right-wing speaker, Brietbart News’s Milo Yiannopoulos. The speech was canceled because of the protests.