US President Donald Trump has spoken of accepting 500,000 Chinese students as his administration cracks down on legal immigration, saying it is deeply insulting to say to a country “I don’t want any students.” Trump said these are good students and the United States will give them green cards, adding that this is not only relevant to China but also to students from other countries.“As far as students go, there are 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 do. And then they immediately go out and start building universities all over China. But if you don’t have these students — good students, by the way — if you don’t… Another thing we did, you know, if they behaved well and wanted to stay in the United States, we gave them green cards and stuff like that. I, you know, not just them, but other countries,” Trump told Sean Hannity in an interview on Fox News.“But if you want to see a college system die, let half a million people leave it. You know, the ones that aren’t going to be hurt are the top schools. The top schools are going to do great. But your lower schools, your lower classes… those schools that are underperforming, those students… they’re going to die all over the place.”“Frankly, I think people come from other countries and learn our culture and a lot of them want to stay here. I think that’s great, but not everyone agrees with me. It doesn’t sound like a very conservative position. I’m conservative as well… I’m a conservative person. I’m really a common sense person and I think more than a conservative person. I think MAGA is common sense. You know, people understand we want strong borders, we want strong military, we want good education, we want low interest rates, we want...you know,” Trump continued.
It’s not common sense: MAGA is outraged by Trump’s weak stance
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said it goes against common sense to admit Chinese students instead of American students. “Trump says it’s insulting to tell China their students can’t go to our universities, imagine being an American student and getting a rejection letter when 500,000 Chinese students enroll! No, it’s not OK for China to buy our farmland!!! No, that’s not common sense!” Green said.James Fishback, running for Florida governor, said he would raise tuition if Trump brought in 500,000 Chinese students. “I respect President Trump, but if he brings 500,000 Chinese students to Florida colleges, I will raise their tuition to $1 million per year. As governor, I refuse to allow limited enrollment at our taxpayer-funded colleges to be stolen by foreigners,” Fishback posted.
