Exclusive | Linda McMahon warns Harvard that she will drop the hammerif the Ivy League school doesnt correct DEI errors

Education Secretary Linda McMahon, in the latest “Pod Force One” episode, warned Harvard administrators that she could drop the “hammer” on the Ivy League university should it continue quietly pursuing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that run afoul of federal law.President Trump issued executive actions seeking to eliminate DEI at Harvard and other universities shortly after taking office in January 2025; the Department of Education also launched investigations into the Cambridge, Mass., school over alleged anti-semitism on campus and race-based admissions policies; and the DOJ sued Harvard for allegedly withholding data about those admissions.But that isn’t stopping McMahon from threatening further probes to hold the Ivy League school accountable.“Having always the hammer, if you will, of investigation, of losing federal funding for research and programs, as well as having lawsuits potentially brought by the Department of Justice are certainly things that they bear in mind as well,” she told The Post’s Miranda Devine on the podcast episode, out Wednesday.McMahon, the former president and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, has shown in the past that she doesn’t back off from conflict either, having been hit with a “tombstone piledriver” on TV from pro wrestler Kane on “Monday Night Raw” in 2003.“I’ve actually not been turned upside down and made to look as though I landed on my head yet, but there is a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, that is for sure,” she joked of her new position in the Trump administration.She previously served as the head of the Small Business Administration during the 45th president’s first term.“My performances were few and far between, and I really played myself.

And as I watched some of those segments, I said, ‘Yeah, you better stick to your day job, because you’re really not very good at this,'” she said.But McMahon still holds a special place in her heart for the performers who co...