Trump Seems to Have No Idea What’s Happening With Student Visas
“What are you refer—foreign visas for what? Are you talking about for colleges?” Trump asked. The reporter replied in the affirmative, to which Trump said, “Ok, so you’re off of Israel, so now you’re talking about colleges, right?”
REPORTER: When could the administration resume interviews for foreign students visa?
TRUMP: On what?
REPORTER: Foreign student visas
TRUMP: For the French?
REPORTER: All the foreign students
TRUMP: What are you referring– foreign visas for what? pic.twitter.com/ynKnbjQ0Xt
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 28, 2025
The reporter again said yes, which seemed to clear things up for the president. His answer, though, was meandering and he started to rant about Harvard University, which he said “has been a disaster,” accusing them of taking “$5 billion-plus” which “nobody” knew about.
“I’d rather see that money go to trade schools, and by the way, they’re totally antisemitic at Harvard, as you know, and some other colleges, too, in all fairness to them, and it’s been exposed. Very exposed,” Trump said, bragging about “exposing” how much money the university is taking, before expounding his idea to boost funding to trade schools.