Trump argued for allowing 500,000 Chinese students into the U.S. collegiate system and said China would not permit the U.S. to own farmland near sensitive national security sites. He said removing students would harm lower-tier universities most, while top schools would remain stable. He claimed China has already acquired substantial land during the Obama administration without action. He also argued that restricting students could be insulting to China and that students who want to stay in America should be able to learn U.S. culture. He suggested that if students are not granted green cards, fewer would remain, affecting university enrollment and outcomes.
"Trump also argued for allowing China to own farmland in the United States, something he had long railed against. I would assume I'm in Beijing if I wanted to buy property near one of their military installations. I don't think President Xi Hannity pressed at one point, noting China would not allow the U.S. to own farmland next to its sensitive national security sites. No, they wouldn't let you."
"Look, it's not that I love it. You want to see farm prices drop. You want to see farmers lose a lot of money, just take that out of the market. But they've had a lot of land for a long time. Obama did nothing about it. They bought a lot during the Obama administration, and he did nothing about it, Trump replied, adding: As far as the students, it's 500,000 students they comegood students."
"I could tell them, I don't want any students, is a very insulting thing to say to a country. They would then immediately go out and start building universities all over China. But if you don't have those studentsgood students, by the wayif you don't, and we do another thing, you know, if they're good and they want to stay in America, we won't give them a green card and things like that. You know, and that's not only them, but other countries."
"But if you want to see a university system die, take a half a million people out of it. And, you know, the ones that won't be heard are the top schools. The top schools will do fine, but your lower schools, your lowerthe ones that don't do quite as wellthose two, they'll be dying all over the place. I frankly think that it's good that people come from other countries and they learn our culture, and many of them want to stay here."
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