{"id":2603430,"date":"2026-05-16T07:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-stirs-backlash-on-chinas-involvement-in-colleges-farmland\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T07:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:25:40","slug":"trump-stirs-backlash-on-chinas-involvement-in-colleges-farmland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-stirs-backlash-on-chinas-involvement-in-colleges-farmland\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump stirs backlash on China&#8217;s involvement in colleges, farmland"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-stirs-backlash-on-chinas-involvement-in-colleges-farmland%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump faced criticism from some conservatives after defending China\u2019s role in U.S. affairs, including allowing Chinese students to enroll in American universities and defending Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland. During a Fox News appearance, he argued that pushing Chinese entities out could reduce enrollment numbers and harm U.S. universities,which he said rely on international students. He also suggested it would be insulting to China to restrict student admissions.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash included sharp objections from figures such as former Rep.Marjorie Taylor greene, who portrayed Trump\u2019s stance as unfair to American applicants, and the Young Republicans of Texas, who dismissed concerns about university dependence on Chinese student enrollment. Florida gubernatorial hopeful James Fishback went further by threatening to raise tuition for Chinese students if Trump allows them into Florida colleges. <\/p>\n<p>On Capitol Hill, Republican responses were more cautious: Rep. Mike Lawler cited ongoing concerns about China buying farmland and land near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-need-not-bend-to-19-ags-trying-to-thwart-his-treasury\/\" title=\"Trump Need Not Bend To 19 AGs Trying To Thwart His Treasury\">sensitive military areas<\/a>, while Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick emphasized the value of cultural diversity in education.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s support for allowing Chinese students to enroll in U.S. universities and his defense of Chinese ownership of farmland have sparked outcry from conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off the back of a visit to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"232\">China<\/a> for talks with Chinese President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xi-jinping\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"233\">Xi Jinping<\/a>, Trump defended Chinese entities\u2019 ownership of U.S. farmland, saying farm prices would \u201cdrop\u201d if those companies were pushed out of the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to see farmers lose a lot of money?\u201d Trump asked during an appearance on Fox News\u2019s <em>Hannity<\/em> Thursday night. \u201cJust take that out of the market. But they\u2019ve had a lot of land for a long time. Obama did nothing about it. They bought a lot of it during the Obama administration. He did nothing about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4571154\/trump-controversy-china-us-colleges-farmland\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump stirs up controversy over China\u2019s involvement in US colleges and farmland<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4570695\/questions-rep-thomas-kean-jr-house-absent-illness\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Questions mount as Rep. 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Chinese primary investors reported <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.usda.gov\/documents\/foreign-holdings-us-agricultural-land\">owning over 245,000 acres<\/a> of U.S. farmland as of 2024, according to the Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump also said it would be a \u201cvery insulting thing\u201d for him to tell China that the U.S. doesn\u2019t want to accept Chinese students.<\/p>\n<p>The president said if the U.S. pushed out Chinese students, the country would likely start building more universities in China, and ultimately harm America\u2019s higher education institutions that rely on their enrollment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to see a university system die, take a half a million people out of it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to say he viewed it as a good thing that people from other countries come to the U.S. and learn American culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s good,\u201d Trump said. \u201cNot everybody agrees with me, and it doesn\u2019t sound like a very conservative position, and I\u2019m as conservative \u2014 I\u2019m a conservative guy. I\u2019m really a common-sense guy, I think, more than a conservative guy. I think MAGA is common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s support of Chinese student enrollment in the U.S. sparked outcry from some Republicans, most prominently from former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who rejected Trump\u2019s sentiment that it was \u201ccommon sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump says it\u2019s insulting to tell China their students can\u2019t go to our universities, imagine being an American student and receiving a rejection letter while 500,000 Chinese students get in,\u201d Greene posted on X, while also decrying Trump\u2019s defense of Chinese entities owning U.S. farmland.<\/p>\n<p>The Young Republicans of Texas similarly rejected the defense of U.S. enrollment of Chinese students, saying in a post to X that if universities are dependent on the registration, then \u201cthat\u2019s their problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cWhat about the Americans who face the insult of their own <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >government giving companies tax incentives<\/a> to hire foreigners first?\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>Florida gubernatorial hopeful James Fishback, meanwhile, threatened that if he wins the governorship and Trump allows Chinese students to enroll in Florida colleges, he will \u201craise tuition on them to $1,000,000\/year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Governor, I refuse to let the limited admission spots at our taxpayer-funded colleges be stolen by foreigners,\u201d Fishback posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>On Capitol Hill, Republican lawmakers were measured in their responses.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said he has concerns about China purchasing farmland, as well as land near sensitive military locations, but that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/behaving-like-a-woke-parallel-government-republicans-punch-back-at-corporations-bowing-to-far-left-mobs\/\" title=\"\u2018Behaving Like A Woke Parallel Government\u2019: ...ublicans Punch Back At Corporations Bowing To \u2018Far-Left Mobs\u2019\">long-standing issues<\/a> would continue to be evaluated as the president returned from his trip to China.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4561042\/trump-china-xi-jinping-visit\/\">WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP\u2019S TRIP TO CHINA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had concerns about China purchasing land in the United States for years, so we\u2019ll learn more information as to what was discussed on the president\u2019s trip,\u201d Lawler said.<\/p>\n<p>On student enrollment, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) said, \u201cthe educational experience is enriched by cultural diversity. And I think we ought to encourage that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s defense of Chinese students and farmland sparked conservative outcry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2603431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26135247313187.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4265,4501,51440,8796,3634],"class_list":["post-2603430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-backlash","tag-china","tag-colleges-2","tag-farmland","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26135247313187.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603430"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603434,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603430\/revisions\/2603434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}