Hegseth says Pentagon cutting ties with top universities, calling them "woke breeding grounds"

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

February 27, 2026 / 4:30 PM EST


Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon would be canceling troops' attendance at graduate programs at some of the nation's top universities, calling them "woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination."

"Today, just like we did with Harvard, I am ordering the complete and immediate cancellation of all Department of War attendance at institutions like Princeton, Columbia, MIT, Brown, Yale and many others, starting next academic year, 2026-2027," Hegseth said in a video statement.

"We cannot and will not continue to send our most capable officers, senior officers, into graduate programs that undermine the very values they have sworn to uphold," Hegseth said.

The Pentagon announced earlier this month that it would be ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard amid the Trump administration's adversarial relationship with the Ivy League school.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-pentagon-cutting-ties-with-top-universities-woke/

[Lovie777]

1. This is really some dumb shit......................

[ybbor]

7. Agreed

I was just gonna reply “Idiots!”

[maxsolomon]

2. Bye Felicia

Can't have soldiers hearing accurate history and sociology.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Yep, they're where people get educated and stop thinking like Neanderthals, i.e. Hegseth.

[walkingman]

4. You would have to be brain-dead to want to join this version of military service.

Time for veterans to stand up for his removal.

[Jim__]

5. Reel men don't need no book lernin'.

[groundloop]

6. Heaven forbid we have military men and women who can think

[deminks]

8. From Harvard edumacated drunken Pete?

Less educated troops will not question illegal orders, I bet.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. And yet ... A Dem president would never think of cutting funds to MAGAt breeding grounds ...

... for fear they'd antagonize RWNJs.

Spoiler alert: They're already antagonized, and will remain that way for life. Don't try to appeal appease them, it's wasted political capital with nothing gained in return.

[Cha]

10. Yeah... and Hogsbreath is a GD Nazi.

Propaganda Fascist from Goebbels FAUX

[spooky3]

11. Good move! All those reputational surveys showing those universities

To be among the top in the world must be wrong.

I’m sure all the funded students will transfer to Liberty, Regent, Oral Roberts, etc., universities.

[IcyPeas]

14. Or we'll see the revival of Trump University.

[purr-rat beauty]

12. Why is this guy...

....such a monumental petulant douche?

[RussBLib]

13. You know Hegseth will want to hook up the soldiers with...

...some God-fearin' institution that ain't gonna bother with no "ethics" or "history" or "WOKE nonsense."

Deeper and dumber.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[BaronChocula]

15. "Education is woke"

That's all you need to know about someone who would say that.

[Zorro]

20. We don't need no education

[BaronChocula]

22. I remember telling my French teacher

that this song was the most popular song among the student body that year in high school. I still remember how distressed she was.

[bluestateboomer]

16. I'd say....

The quickest self inflicted descent to third world status in history.... But that would be an insult to third world nations, who actually want to work and advance their countries .

[Lucky Luciano]

19. The Khmer Rouge says "hold my beer 🍺 "

[patphil]

17. Woke breeding grounds? Well yeah, I expect that. That's what universities are for; to help people wake up.

The whole concept of higher education is to teach people to think for themselves; an exercise in wokeness.
Republicans hate that. Their base is all brain dead zombies, and loving it.

[Lucky Luciano]

18. Says the Princeton grad.

[area51]

21. Kegsbreath thinks this announcement comes from a position of strength,

but he comes off as appearing weak & afraid of universities.

[BurnDoubt]

23. When will they be prohibited from attending church services?

Nobody’s more “Woke” than Jesus.

[truthisfreedom]

24. The definition of woke being: adult, mature, thoughtful

Awake, aware, responsible… you know, all the stuff a general shouldn’t be.