Trump has truly set himself against higher education institutions, especially the traditionally defined private “elite” universities. It’s already widely known that he revoked the visas of all international students at Harvard; at the same time, through the “Beautiful Law Act,” Trump also eliminated tax breaks on university endowment income.

Recently, his actions have escalated from targeting Harvard to the entire international student community. On the 27th, he announced a suspension of new visa interviews (effectively halting the issuance of new student visas) in order to “review students’ social media.” On the evening of the 28th, Rubio began “revoking Chinese students’ visas.”

In fact, it seems that what Trump (or rather, his voters) finds most objectionable are these “college students.” One news item is enough to illustrate this point—on the 27th, White House Press Secretary Levitt stated on television, “America needs more plumbers and electricians, not LGBTQ graduate majors from Harvard University.”