issue, Mr. Secretary, for I think the base of the Republican Party, certainly for the Ingram angle for many, many years, conservatives, is this idea of foreign students coming to the United States and taking spots that would normally be, you know, obviously open to American students.

The president addressed this issue

as part of the Chinese trade deal,

which might be in the offing.

Watch.

We're gonna get along good with China.

I hear so many stories about we're not gonna allow their students,

we're gonna allow their students to come in.

We're gonna allow, it's very important,

600,000 students, It's very important.

Mr. Secretary, with all due respect, how is allowing 600,000 students from the communist country of China putting America first?

Well, the president's point of view is that what would happen if you didn't have those 600,000 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.

So his view is he's taking a rational economic view, which is classic Donald Trump looking at higher education

and saying, until we modify that.

Look, we're getting along very well with China.

And I'm getting along very well with President Xi.

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.

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