WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump has seemingly shifted his position on China earlier in August, with the president saying that Chinese nationals seeking to gain entry into the country by way of the student visa program will be welcomed to the tune of 600,000 - a continuation of a past partnership.
Speaking to the press at the White House on August 25th, President Trump addressed the ongoing relations with China, signaling that despite the tariff feud that defined relations with the country at the onset of Trump’s current term, a degree of amicability appears to be on the horizon.
The president shared remarks regarding speculation that student visas were in some degree of peril, stating, “I hear so many stories that we're not going to allow their students,” adding, “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.”
President Trump’s comments pertaining to the student visa program welcoming the likes of Chinese nationals comes on the heels of a heated back-and-forth the administration has had with China regarding trade deals. A critic of what the president has described as a “trade deficit” held by China in the global market, President Trump initially imposed a 145% tariff on all imported Chinese goods, with China then firing back with their own tariff of 125% of all incoming American goods.
Merely a week prior to Trump’s comments about student visas, the president even entertained the possibility of a 200% tariff on magnets coming from China, citing how Beijing has a “monopoly” in the aforesaid market when saying, “China, intelligently, went and they sort of took a monopoly on the world’s magnets. It’ll probably take us a year to have them.”
Additionally, Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed this past May that the administration was looking to “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese nationals, largely due to concerns around some Chinese nationals holding ties to the CCP while working in sensitive fields here in the United States.
President Trump confirmed he would be open to holding a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping when asked by members of the press earlier in August, comparing his administration’s efforts to the previous one as being an overall success when saying, “As you know, we're, we're taking a lot of money in from China because of the tariffs and the different things. It's a very important relationship. It's a much better relationship economically than it was before with Biden. But he allowed that. They just took him to the cleaners.”
Speaking to the press at the White House on August 25th, President Trump addressed the ongoing relations with China, signaling that despite the tariff feud that defined relations with the country at the onset of Trump’s current term, a degree of amicability appears to be on the horizon.
The president shared remarks regarding speculation that student visas were in some degree of peril, stating, “I hear so many stories that we're not going to allow their students,” adding, “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.”
President Trump’s comments pertaining to the student visa program welcoming the likes of Chinese nationals comes on the heels of a heated back-and-forth the administration has had with China regarding trade deals. A critic of what the president has described as a “trade deficit” held by China in the global market, President Trump initially imposed a 145% tariff on all imported Chinese goods, with China then firing back with their own tariff of 125% of all incoming American goods.
Merely a week prior to Trump’s comments about student visas, the president even entertained the possibility of a 200% tariff on magnets coming from China, citing how Beijing has a “monopoly” in the aforesaid market when saying, “China, intelligently, went and they sort of took a monopoly on the world’s magnets. It’ll probably take us a year to have them.”
Additionally, Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed this past May that the administration was looking to “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese nationals, largely due to concerns around some Chinese nationals holding ties to the CCP while working in sensitive fields here in the United States.
President Trump confirmed he would be open to holding a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping when asked by members of the press earlier in August, comparing his administration’s efforts to the previous one as being an overall success when saying, “As you know, we're, we're taking a lot of money in from China because of the tariffs and the different things. It's a very important relationship. It's a much better relationship economically than it was before with Biden. But he allowed that. They just took him to the cleaners.”
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Comments
2025-08-30T22:30-0400 | Comment by: James
Trump is starting to trust the wrong advisors! Not a good thing!