Trump calls arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ‘first of many to come’

President says in post his administration will not tolerate' actions of protesters at Columbia and other US universities

Donald Trump said on Monday that the arrest of a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University's pro-Palestinian protests last year, is the first arrest of many to come".

We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it," the US president wrote in a post on Truth Social.