Thursday, August 28, 2025

Trump ignites conservative backlash after opening door to 600,000 Chinese students: 'What is this madness?'
Conservative voices oppose proposal to allow 600,000 Chinese nationals into American universities
Cameron Arcand / Fox News 

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...Read more and see video here.

SCOTUS Justices Torch Rogue Judges for Defying Their Rulings
Jeff Charles / Townhall Tipsheet
 
Two Supreme Court justices issued a scathing warning to lower courts seeking to subvert the high court’s rulings amid ongoing lawfare battles with the Trump administration.
 
Since five seconds after Trump took office, his administration has faced several legal challenges to his policies. A considerable portion of the battles have made it to the Supreme Court. But it appears some courts believe they can simply ignore SCOTUS rulings they don’t like.

Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, both Trump appointees, criticized these courts for flouting the Supreme Court’s authority.

From CNN:

"A growing sense of frustration with some lower courts — articulated in terms that at times sound similar to Trump’s own rhetoric — has crept into a series of opinions this summer from the Supreme Court’s conservative justices as they juggle a flood of emergency cases dealing with Trump’s second term...Read more and see X here. 

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