There’s nothing personal about President Donald Trump’s ongoing war with Harvard University, according to the White House. Representatives for first lady Melania Trump swiftly shut down rumors that the president’s aggressive campaign against the oldest Ivy League school began after son Barron Trump’s application to the university was rejected.

Attorneys for Harvard University and the Trump administration faced off in court Thursday – as the embattled school held its commencement not far away – in a case involving the administration’s bid to ban the enrollment of foreign students.

Alan Garber's remarks on Thursday were met with a roar along with students and staff rising to their feet to applaud him.

The commencement, during which thousands of students and parents packed Harvard Yard, caps the end of a tumultuous academic year for Harvard amid unprecedented threats from the Trump administration.

There’s a running joke going around the White House that President Donald Trump is out for Harvard’s blood because his son Barron didn’t get in—one scotched by First Lady Melania Trump in an unprecedented piercing of her veil of privacy.

Harvard’s commencement celebrated diversity and truth amid legal battles with the Trump administration, marking a defiant moment for the university.

Some social media speculation is that the president is cutting billions of dollars in funding to the Ivy League institution because it rejected his son as a student.