28 MAY 2025: Trump’s Brutal Harvard Crackdown // White House Makes Big Gov’t Cuts // Dems in Disarray: Why They’ve Fallen and Why It Matters

The Wright Report

Bryan Dean Wright

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he breaks down today’s biggest stories shaping America and the world.

Trump Halts Foreign Student Visas, Targets Harvard – The White House suspends all new student visas until consular officers can vet applicants' social media for threats to national security. Harvard is at the center of the crackdown, accused of shielding foreign students involved in criminal or extremist activity to preserve $44B in tuition revenue. Trump threatens legal and financial consequences if records aren't turned over.

Federal Contract Cuts Hit DC Hard – The Trump administration slashes billions in federal contracts and terminates thousands of DC consultants. Booz Allen Hamilton lays off 2,500, and DC’s housing market reels as job losses mount. The White House argues the cuts are necessary to rein in spending and curb bureaucratic bloat.

Democrats in Disarray: Four Theories, Five Head-Scratchers – As Democratic support plummets, party insiders debate how to win back working-class voters through language changes, socialist platforms, centrist pivots, or influencer outreach. Bryan examines five recent stories—from Seattle to Maine—that reveal deep ideological fractures, and offers a sobering take on the soul of the party he once belonged to.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." – John 8:32

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0:00.0	It's May 28th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report.
0:12.3	A good day to you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Right Report, Your Daily News, podcast.
0:22.5	I've got three briefs for you this morning that are shaping America and the world.
0:27.4	First off, the White House continues to crack down on Harvard University this morning,
0:31.9	but it's expanding to other schools too. President Trump announced yesterday that no more student
0:36.3	visas will be offered to any
0:37.9	foreign student at any university until their social media posts get fully vetted. It's a big
0:43.7	deal. I'll explain why it's important coming up. Second, President Trump is slashing federal
0:48.4	contracts this morning and leaving DC consultants and the DC housing market in the red. We've got some fresh data on that coming up
0:56.0	shortly. Third, Democrats are scrambling this morning to figure out why so many voters despise
1:01.6	the party. We'll cover what Democrats think that the answer might be versus the reality.
1:07.2	When we get done this morning, I think you'll see why this issue matters, folks, frankly, no matter your party.
1:13.4	But first, let's get to that top story of the morning.
1:16.4	The Trump administration is cracking down on foreign students hard this morning, and in doing so,
1:21.2	taking a major swipe at a major source of revenue for America's colleges and universities.
1:26.7	Political Magazine and others report that the White House announced yesterday that they are pausing new student visas until the State Department can get a better handle on who exactly these young people are.
1:37.8	And to do that, U.S. consular officers have to start better vetting their social media accounts.
1:43.2	This decision, folks, actually dates back to the year
1:45.4	2019. That, of course, is when the first Trump White House said that the students and their
1:50.4	accounts should be scrubbed before they ever issue visas to come to this country to study.
1:55.7	President Trump then restarted that effort a second time after Axios News reported that Trump
2:00.8	officials looked at what Biden's
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