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Trump ignites conservative backlash after opening door to 600,000 Chinese students: ‘What is this madness?’

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President Donald Trump’s plan to allow 600,000 Chinese student visas to be issued sparked backlash from the right on Monday and Tuesday.
«I hear so many stories that we’re not going to allow their students,» Trump told reporters as trade talks with China are ongoing.
«We’re going to allow their students to come in. It’s very important, 600,000 students. It’s very important. But we’re going to get along with China,» he continued.
Trump expanded on his comments during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.
«I think it’s very insulting to say students can’t come here because they’ll go out and start building schools and they’ll be able to survive it. But I like that their students come here. I like that other countries’ students come here. And you know what would happen if they didn’t? Our college system would go to hell very quickly. And it wouldn’t be the top colleges, so it’d be colleges that struggle on the bottom. And you take out 300,000 or 600,000 students out of the system,» Trump said.
«I like having, and I told this to President Xi that we’re honored to have their students here. Now, with that, we check in with careful and we see who’s there,» he added.
TRUMP OPENS DOOR TO 600,000 CHINESE STUDENTS AMID BEIJING TRADE TALKS
Donald Trump says 600,000 Chinese students could be allowed into the U.S. to study at its colleges pending a potential trade agreement with China. (Fox News)
Some immigration groups and conservative voices on social media voiced their opposition to the proposal.
«We should not let in 600,000 CHINESE students to attend American colleges and universities that may be loyal to the CCP,» Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., posted on X late Monday night. «If refusing to allow these Chinese students to attend our schools causes 15% of them to fail then these schools should fail anyways because they are being propped up by the CCP.»
«Granting 600,000 student visas to Chinese nationals threatens to put foreign students ahead of U.S. graduates,» Joe Chatham, director of government relations at the Federation for American Immigration Reform, told Fox News Digital in a statement.
«The focus now must be on reforms to limit access to sectors crucial to our economy and national security that have repeatedly been the target of corporate espionage and intellectual property theft—not expanding access to hostile countries. Educating foreign nationals should never be put before the interests of U.S. citizens and ensuring that our nation thrives,» he continued.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick delved further into the Trump administration’s view on the matter when pressed on «The Ingraham Angle.»
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 6, 2025. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«The president’s point of view is that what would happen if you didn’t have those 600K students is that you’d empty them from the top, all the students would go up to better schools, and the bottom 15% of universities and colleges would go out of business in America.»
«He’s taking a rational economic view, which is classic Donald Trump,» Lutnick added.
Many suggested that the free market should come into play with these colleges that could be at a potential financial risk.
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«Let them go under, then! What is this madness? NO. WE DON’T WANT MORE CHINESE STUDENTS. We actually don’t want any,» conservative commentator Kira Davis wrote.
«15% going under isn’t a bad thing,» writer Ryan Girdusky posted to X.
«Trump’s team is not capable of defending his Chinese student visa program,» conservative lawyer Marina Medvin posted on X. «That’s because they don’t actually want it either. It’s hard to sell something you don’t like.»
TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS FOREIGN STUDENTS WHO DON’T ‘CAUSE TROUBLE,’ SLAMS HARVARD FOR BEING ‘A BIG SHOT’

Banners on the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 27, 2025. (Sophie Park/Bloomberg)
«So this is essentially a subsidy for academia. Got it. American universities shouldn’t need an influx of foreign students in order to stay afloat. If they can’t survive on American enrollment, then let them go under. Plus, Chinese students steal our research and send it home,» Josh Peterson, a full stack developer and investigative journalist, posted.
Conservative commentator Liz Wheeler unleashed on the Trump White House, saying these Chinese students should be banned.
«Chinese ‘students’ are all spies for the Chinese Communist Party. They’re forced to be. They steal our intellectual property. They steal our tech. They steal our intel. They cozy up to our military,» Wheeler posted on X. «Trump should ban all Chinese students from U.S. universities. Deport them all.»
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«This is the dumbest explanation I’ve heard. By all means, put colleges & universities out of business!» Wheeler said in response to Lutnick’s defense of Trump’s policy. «Their business is indoctrinating students into hardened revolutionary Marxists. If you want to save America, you’ll have to raze the university system. Perfect chance to start.»
Others agreed with Lutnick’s perspective on the issue, saying that it could actually help the United States bring in more talent domestically.
«This is not as horrible as people are making it out to be. Chinese students on U.S. visas aren’t average kids. They represent the top tier of China’s youth,» podcast host Joshua Reid posted to X.
«On the other side, we are hosting China’s future leaders, scientists, and innovators. Which also means that American culture returns home with them. When you start to think about emergent tech, this is actually a great idea. Bring the top level students over the US. This is talent that is pulled away from China and now becomes a national asset,» Reid added.
Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
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El ejército de Estados Unidos informó que atacó a más de 10.000 objetivos militares en Irán desde el inicio de la guerra

El jefe del Comando Central de Estados Unidos (CENTCOM), el almirante Brad Cooper, informó este miércoles que las fuerzas estadounidenses atacaron más de 10.000 objetivos militares en Irán desde el inicio del conflicto el 28 de febrero.
En un mensaje en video de tres minutos, Cooper indicó que los bombardeos dañaron o destruyeron más de dos tercios de las instalaciones iraníes dedicadas a la producción de misiles, drones y armamento naval. El alto mando sostuvo que también resultaron afectadas partes significativas de los astilleros del país.
El almirante afirmó que las operaciones redujeron de forma considerable la capacidad militar de Irán en varios frentes estratégicos, aunque evitó brindar detalles específicos sobre la localización de los ataques o el estado actual de las fuerzas iraníes. Tampoco precisó cuánto tiempo podría prolongarse el conflicto, en un escenario marcado por la incertidumbre sobre su evolución.
Cooper además evitó referirse a eventuales esfuerzos para reabrir completamente el estrecho de Ormuz, una vía marítima clave para el comercio energético mundial que Irán mantiene de facto cerrada a gran parte del tráfico comercial.
La guerra entró en su cuarta semana tras la escalada iniciada el 28 de febrero con ataques coordinados de Estados Unidos e Israel sobre territorio iraní. En respuesta, el régimen de Irán lanzó oleadas de misiles y drones contra Israel y objetivos estratégicos en el Golfo, y mantuvo bloqueado el estrecho de Ormuz, por donde transita cerca de una quinta parte del suministro mundial de crudo.
En paralelo, Donald Trump afirmó el miércoles que su administración mantiene contactos con Irán pese a las declaraciones públicas en sentido contrario desde Teherán. Durante una cena con legisladores republicanos, el mandatario sostuvo: “Ellos están negociando, por cierto, y quieren llegar a un acuerdo con muchas ganas. Pero tienen miedo de decirlo, porque temen ser asesinados por su propia gente”.
Luego agregó: “También tienen miedo de que nosotros los matemos”.
Las declaraciones del presidente surgieron después de que el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores iraní, Abbas Araqchi, afirmara que su país “no tiene la intención de negociar”, en una postura que contradice la versión de la Casa Blanca.
Trump también se refirió a la situación militar y aseguró que Irán está siendo “diezmado” en el conflicto, en un contexto en el que Teherán mantiene presión sobre el estrecho de Ormuz.
Desde la Casa Blanca, la portavoz Karoline Leavitt reforzó la advertencia de una posible escalada. “El presidente Trump no bluffea y está preparado para desatar el infierno. Irán no debería equivocarse de nuevo”, declaró.
También sostuvo que “las conversaciones continúan. Son productivas”, aunque reconoció que parte de la información difundida sobre una propuesta estadounidense “no es completamente precisa”.
Según versiones difundidas por medios estatales iraníes, un funcionario no identificado indicó que Teherán respondió “negativamente” a un presunto plan de 15 puntos presentado por Washington. La Casa Blanca evitó confirmar los detalles de esa iniciativa y tampoco precisó con qué interlocutores iraníes se mantienen los contactos.
Leavitt afirmó que existen canales indirectos de diálogo y sostuvo que Washington considera que Irán enfrenta una situación militar adversa. “Si Irán no acepta la realidad del momento actual, si no entiende que ha sido derrotado militarmente y que lo seguirá siendo, el presidente Trump se asegurará de que sean golpeados más fuerte que nunca antes”, advirtió.
En paralelo, Estados Unidos incrementó su despliegue militar en la región en las últimas semanas, con el envío de tropas aerotransportadas y unidades de marines hacia el Golfo, en medio de especulaciones sobre una posible ampliación del conflicto.
La administración estadounidense sostiene que la ofensiva tiene objetivos definidos y un plazo estimado. Según Leavitt, la duración prevista de las operaciones se ubica entre cuatro y seis semanas.
(Con información de AFP)
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California Dems unleashed pressure campaign against USC prior to debate cancellation

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Top Democrats in the California state legislature demanded that the University of Southern California (USC) either expand the number of candidates allowed to participate in the gubernatorial debate, which had five White candidates, or they would boycott the debate.
The «data-driven» candidate viability framework produced a lineup of Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, as well as Democrats Tom Steyer, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Eric Swalwell – all White candidates. The same criteria, developed by a USC professor and defended by the university, ended up axing Xavier Becerra, Antonio Villaraigosa, Betty Yee and Tony Thurman, all Democratic Party minority candidates, due to lower polling and fundraising scores, they said.
After news of who made the candidate pool and who did not, the excluded candidates expressed outrage over what they claimed was a racist candidate viability system created by USC that targeted people based on their race. One candidate, former Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra, even likened it to when his father used to talk about «the days when he would encounter signs posted outside establishments that read ‘No Dogs, Negroes or Mexicans Allowed.’»
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Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill on November 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Among those expressing outrage besides the candidates themselves were California state Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limon, Speaker of the California State Assembly Robert Rivas, and a handful of other Democratic Party members within the state legislature who called the decision-making framework «biased» in a letter they signed that also included concerns about one of the selected candidate’s donor ties to the university. They also referred to candidate’s complaints, such as from Becerra, as «valid.»
«If USC does not do the right thing, we call on California voters to boycott this debate. If the university will not give voters a fair shot at evaluating everyone running for governor, voters should find other ways to learn about the candidates,» stated the letter, which included letterhead with the logos of about half-a-dozen Democratic Party caucuses in California. «We are asking you, President Kim, to exercise the leadership this moment calls for: expand the debate stage, and trust California’s voters to make up their own minds.»
Meanwhile, in an announcement less than 24-hours ahead of the scheduled debate, USC said that KABC, the Los Angeles television station broadcasting the debate, could not come to an agreement to allow more candidates and, as a result, decided to cancel the debate.

The University of Southern California decided to cancel the debate it was going to hold after backlash over its formula used to select which candidates would be able to participate, with some suggesting it was racist. (Reuters)
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«If you run anything in California, the legislature is very important to you and at the top of the letter, the top signatories to this letter, Robert Rivas, who is the Speaker of the Assembly, and Monique Limon, who’s the head of the Senate, the State Senate and the State Assembly. And that came very late on Monday. They sent this letter to USC. Then what happened? As we understand it – they’ve been pretty open about it – they get this letter from the legislature, they think, ‘Oh, sh–t, we better do something. This is now a real threat. This isn’t just the candidates complaining. This is the legislature, which, you know, regulates and affects everything we do,’» Hilton, one of the GOP frontrunners in California’s gubernatorial race, said about the situation.
«USC apparently went to ABC, the media partner who’s going to broadcast the debate, and said, ‘We want to expand it and put these people back in,’ and USC said, ‘No, I’m sorry. ABC said no.’ Then, that midnight, on Monday night, they put out that statement saying, ‘Okay, then we’ll cancel it.’»

Republican governor candidate Steve Hilton speaks to press during Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates press event at Huntington Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026 in Huntington Beach, CA. Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates announced his run for California attorney general. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Reporting from Cal Matters, a local California publication covering state politics, indicated that, directly and indirectly, Porter, Steyer and Swalwell have suggested Mahan, a tech entrepreneur and former Mayor of San Jose, was invited to the now-canceled debate despite poor performance data.
In the lawmakers’ letter requesting the event allow more candidates or be canceled, addressed to USC’s President Beong-Soo Kim, an unnamed candidate with «notable ties to USC’s donor community» was also alluded to as part of the complaints about the debate. When Rivas’ staff was asked for clarification on whom the letter was referring to, they eventually confirmed it was Mahan.
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A party-sponsored poll from Democratic State Chairman Rusty Hicks showed Mahan behind Becerra, but had all other candidates that USC selected ahead of those who did not make it. Two Republicans, Hilton and Bianco, are still leading the field at 16% and 14% respectively. Meanwhile, Porter, Swalwell and Steyer are tied at 10% and every other Democrat is still in the low single digits. Twenty-four percent remain undecided.
Neither Rivas nor Limon provided on-the-record comments to Fox News Digital for this story prior to publication.
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