Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said President Donald Trump’s ongoing tiff with Harvard University over federal funding is “a good thing.”

“The reality is there are deep, systemic problems, not just at Harvard, but at all of these institutions, and it’s rampant at the faculty lounge, it’s apparent like in the Harvard yard, you can read it in The Crimson,” Greenblatt told CNBC on Wednesday.. “I am really glad that the Trump administration is leaning in and holding the perpetrators accountable. Now, the question becomes, how do you do it in a way that’s strategic and addresses the systemic issues that’s sort of detrimental to the whole enterprise of higher education?”

Greenblatt praised Trump for leaning in and pushing Harvard to fix its problems.

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