Protestors gathered on the Oval to speak out against the university's recent closure of its diversity, equity, and inclusion office and also raised their voices in opposition of Ohio Senate Bill 1, a controversial higher education bill working its way through the statehouse.

President Trump threatened to take away federal funds from universities that allow what he called “illegal protests,” a move legal experts say would violate the First Amendment. Trump didn’t explain which demonstrations he considered illegal in his social-media post Tuesday morning.

Trump's social media post comes after a federal task force on antisemitism last week announced it would visit 10 college campuses that had antisemitic incidents.

President Donald Trump has threatened a stoppage of federal funds to any college or university "that allows illegal protests." The brief post from Trump on Truth Social, which doesn't spell out what constitutes an "illegal protest,

Trump wrote in a social media post that students could be expelled or deported for participating in protests, while universities would be at risk for losing funding.