Liberal Universities Took Foreign Money—We Paid the Bill

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered immediate audits of 30 major American universities over their financial, academic, and research relationships with foreign entities. Harvard, MIT, Duke, UC Berkeley and other institutions are now being forced to examine foreign funding, research partnerships, technology-transfer risks, and potential national-security vulnerabilities — with federal research money potentially on the line. In this livestream, Navy veteran Ben Dykes breaks down what these university audits actually mean, why billions of dollars in foreign gifts and contracts deserve scrutiny, and how American taxpayers could be funding research while foreign governments gain access to valuable technology, intellectual property, and academic partnerships. This is bigger than higher education. This is about national security, taxpayer accountability, China’s influence operations, research security, and whether elite American institutions should continue receiving federal money while maintaining questionable relationships overseas. American taxpayers fund some of the most advanced research in the world. The question is simple: **Who ultimately benefits from it?** #PeteHegseth #ForeignMoney #Harvard #MIT #China #NationalSecurity #Universities #DepartmentOfWar #ForeignInfluence #ResearchSecurity #BenDykes