Trump says he knows what MAGA wants better than anybody after backlash over Chinese student visas

Trump says he knows what MAGA wants better than anybody after backlash over Chinese student visas.Credit: Fox News

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00:00So we're dependent on China to keep our university system going?

00:03No, not China, but I think it's good to have, I actually think it's good to have outside countries.

00:07Look, I want to be able to get along with the world.

00:09They're not the French, they're the Chinese.

00:11They spy on us, they steal our intellectual property.

00:13Do you think the French are better?

00:14Yeah.

00:15Really? I don't know, I'll tell you, I'm not so sure.

00:17We've had a lot of problems with the French, where we get taxed very unfairly on our technology,

00:22where, you know, they put 25% taxes on American products.

00:26Look, assuming everyone treats us badly, because that's the way I am,

00:30but we take in trillions of dollars from students.

00:35You know, the students pay more than double when they come in from most foreign countries.

00:41I want to see our school system thrive, but at the same time, I want to, I know you and I disagree,

00:46we're never going to agree on it, but that's okay.

00:48And it's not that I want them, but I view it as a business.

00:51We have millions and millions of people.

00:53Also, I want to get along with countries if possible.

00:57You know, people are shocked.

00:58Remember, Hillary Clinton said, we'll be in a war.

01:00I stopped eight wars in the last nine months.

01:03I don't want to be in wars.

01:06If I am in a war, we're going to win the thing fast, and it'll be violent.

01:10Speaking of...

01:10But you know what? I don't want to be in wars.

01:11But one thing, you don't want to cut half of the people, half of the students from all over the world

01:17that are coming into our country, destroy our entire university and college system.

01:22I don't want to do that.

01:24I wouldn't lose any school.

01:24And don't forget, MAGA was my idea.

01:26MAGA was nobody else's idea.

01:28I know what MAGA wants better than anybody else, and MAGA wants to see our country thrive.

01:32We thrive.