In response to President Trump’s plans to allow 600,000 Chinese students into the country, Michael Flynn, Jr. said, “This is not what I voted for.”

Indeed.  This is not what I voted for either.  MAGA supporters are apoplectic about Trump’s plans.  Trump’s base is pissed. And justifiably so.

Chinese students are allowed here by their government for one reason–to spy.  Unlike Russian spies, who use established tried-and-true espionage methods like dead drops and secret codes, the Chinese flood their adversaries with millions of spies (mostly students) who pick up millions of tiny pieces of information, like, as someone once described, gathering millions of grains of sand on a beach blanket.

This presents an unwarranted and misguided threat to our national security.  China is now our principal adversary.  As soon as Trump leaves office, they will pounce on Taiwan, even if Vance wins in 2028. 

President Trump has betrayed his base, indeed the country, by this foolish move. He has placed our country in jeopardy.

The Artful Dilettante