Amid the Harvard University and Trump administration row, US President Donald Trump mentioned areas of concern he holds with the University on Sunday (local time). While speaking to media, Trump said, "Part of the problem with Harvard is that there are about 31 per cent of foreigners coming to Harvard. We give them billions of dollars, which is ridiculous. We do grants, which we're probably not going to be doing much grants anymore to Harvard. But they are 31 per cent, but they refuse to tell us who the people are. We want to know who the people."

In his remarks, he noted that the density of foreign students enrolled at Harvard University is high due to which Americans who want to study at the institution are not able to do so. He said, "Now, a lot of the foreign students we wouldn't have a problem with, but it shouldn't be 31 percent. It's too much because we have Americans that want to go there and to other places, and they can't go there because you have 31 percent foreign. Now, no foreign government contributes money to Harvard, we do. So why are they doing so many?"