--- description: President Trump tweeted after protests prevented controversial Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos was prevented from speaking at UC Berkeley title: Trump Threatens to Yank U.C. Berkeley's Federal Funding Over Protests Against Milo Yiannopoulos image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb353e711cb2d245/6988b871cf40a8fc23c464ef/gettyimages-633491868.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Education](/tag/education/) ## Education Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # President Trump Threatens to Yank U.C. Berkeley's Federal Funding Over Protests Against Milo Yiannopoulos by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 2, 2017 12:32 PM CUT  People protesting controversial Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos march in the street in Berkeley, Calif., on Feb. 1, 2017. People protesting controversial Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos march in the street in Berkeley, Calif., on Feb. 1, 2017.Elijah Nouvelage—Getty Images by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 2, 2017 12:32 PM CUT President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4656270/jon-stewart-stephen-colbert-the-late-show-the-daily-show/ "undefined") appeared to threaten withdrawing federal funding from the University of California at Berkeley after protests forced the university to cancel an event with Breitbart News editor and far-right speaker [Milo Yiannopoulos](http://time.com/4657553/milo-yiannopoulos-berkeley-breitbart-protest-troll/ "undefined"). > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256) Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak at the university after being invited by the Berkeley College Republicans. A [statement released by the university](http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/ "undefined") said “about 150 masked agitators” had interrupted “an otherwise non-violent” protest and the university police had therefore decided to cancel the event. Yiannopoulos wrote on his [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/myiannopoulos/ "undefined") that “violent left-wing protestors tore down barricades.” Berkeley received [approximately $370 million](http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/berkeley-research-numbers "undefined") for research in federal funding from 2015-2016, according to the university website. Yiannopoulos, a Trump supporter who styles himself as promoting free speech, was [barred from Twitter](http://time.com/4414400/milo-yiannopolous-twitter-abuse/ "undefined") last year for his role in inciting harassment against _Ghostbusters_ actress Leslie Jones. Yiannopoulos is a senior editor at Breitbart, the website where Trump’s chief strategist [Steve Bannon](http://time.com/4657665/steve-bannon-donald-trump/ "undefined") made his name. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4657688/trump-milo-yiannopoulos-breitbart/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4657688/trump-milo-yiannopoulos-breitbart/"},"headline":"President Trump Threatens to Yank U.C. 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