Trump on accepting 500,000 Chinese students in America
US President Donald Trump has talked about accepting 500,000 Chinese students into the US at a time when his administration has also cracked down on legal immigration, saying it is an insult to a country to say “I don’t want any students”. These are good students and America will give them green cards, Trump said, adding that this is not just about China but also about students from other countries.“As far as students, it’s 500,000 students. They come, good students. I can tell them, “I don’t want any students.” That’s a very insulting thing for a country to say. Then they’ll immediately go out and start building universities all over China. But if you don’t have those students – well, good students – if you don’t… And another thing we do is, you know, if they’re good and they want to live in America, we’ll give them green cards and things like that. You know, I am, and it’s not just them but other countries,” Trump told Sean Hannity in his interview for Fox News.“But if you want to see a university system die, take five million people out of it. And you know, the ones that won’t be hit are the top schools. The top schools will do well. But your bottom schools, your bottom… students who don’t perform well… they’ll be dying all over the place.”“I obviously think it’s good that people come from other countries and they learn our culture, and many of them want to live here. I think it’s good. Not everyone agrees with me. And it doesn’t seem like a very conservative position. And I’m conservative… I’m a conservative guy. I’m really a common sense guy, I think more than a conservative guy. I think MAGA is common sense. You know, people understand that we want strong borders, we want strong military, we want good education, we want low interest rates, we want...You know,” Trump continued.
This isn’t common sense: MAGA angry at Trump’s soft stance
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said it is not common sense to admit Chinese students over American students. “Trump says it’s outrageous to tell China their students can’t go to our universities, imagine being an American student and getting rejection letters while 500,000 Chinese students are coming in! And no, it’s not okay for China to buy our farmland!!! And no, that’s not common sense!!!” Green said.James Fischbach, who is running for governor of Florida, said he would raise tuition fees if Trump brought in 500,000 Chinese students. Fischbach posted, “I respect President Trump, but if he brings 500,000 Chinese students to Florida colleges, I will raise tuition on them to $1,000,000 a year. As governor, I refuse to let the limited admissions spots in our taxpayer-funded colleges be stolen by foreigners.”