First lady Melania Trump is denying claims being made on the internet that her husband is battling with Harvard University because the Ivy League school rejected their son Barron last year.

“Barron did not apply to Harvard, and any assertion that he, or that anyone on his behalf, applied is completely false,” her spokesperson, Nick Clemens, said in a statement to The Palm Beach Post Tuesday.

Rumors began circulating about President Donald Trump’s motives last week after he froze $2.65 billion in grants and attempted a block on allowing international students from enrolling at the school. A judge has put a temporary hold on the international students matter after Harvard filed a lawsuit against the move.

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