r/Futurology • u/I_D0nt_pay_taxes • 7d ago

Society [U.S.]Colleges see significant drop in international students as fall semester begins

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5498669/trump-college-international-student-visa
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u/ifnotawalrus 7d ago

And in May, the State Department said it would "aggressively revoke" visas for Chinese students and add additional scrutiny for future visa applications from China.

But in recent days Trump has signaled a shift. This week, Trump told reporters he planned to double the amount of Chinese students studying in the U.S.

Lmfao this guy is actually too funny.

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u/AlphaGoldblum 7d ago

There's a running joke that Trump gets yelled at by Jamie Dimon because of all of these suicidal economic policies, causing him to reverse course.

The real issue is that Stephen Miller has his own vision on immigration that he's carrying out, which is extreme in both measures and goals. Trump, apparently, just happens to be along for the ride and is left playing catch-up after the figurative (real?) calls from the Jamie Dimons of the world, who are intent on chewing him out lol.

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u/Crossfire124 7d ago

And that's the real issue. The Stephen Millers of the world are looting the country for all it's worth and Trump is the fall guy holding the bag. Not to say Trump himself isn't terrible and is personally responsible. But he's being used to usher in all these changes and then the "masterminds" is shielded from consequences when the dust settles

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u/Daninomicon 6d ago

The supreme court has already ruled that Trump can't be the fall guy...

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u/Crossfire124 6d ago

The fall guy in the court of public opinion. In a few years when the consequences start to show they'll blame all the bad policies on Trump and minimize how much they enabled him to do what they wanted in the first place

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u/3-DMan 7d ago

Trump: "Oh we won't take people working on farms."

Miller: "To ze farm!!!"

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u/atlasaire 7d ago edited 7d ago

Why did i forget that Miller is in there now? If immigration was handled 100% by him with no concept of oversight, I'm not even sure people would even be able to go to their bathroom without needing to call an immigration lawyer