Reason First: Trump Claims HBCUs Would Collapse Without Chinese Students, Sparks Online Outrage

Forget the Epstein files. President Donald Trump is more concerned with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). He asserts, without any information to back up his baseless claim, that HBCUs would wither away without Chinese immigrant students.

Like most things Trump says, his words stand as lightning rods for criticism and distrust.

Numbers show that most immigrants to HBCUs come from the West Indies and Africa, or tether black people at a rate of 2.5%. Where did the president get his data? What happened to research and making sure the people around him feed only facts.

On the face, it would seem as if Trump actually cared about HBCUs. He’s just using the issue as a talking point and to give people a different view other than all the controversies swirling around him.

The young students who find their way to these degree granting institutions of higher education have been placed in the crosshairs. Trump is targeting them because he knows the difference between marketing to a minority and taking on the rest of the population.

Dialogue concerning President Trump’s thoughts on predominantly black students has resulted in serious backlash online. Most people have found themselves up in arms over the fact he has chosen to speak about the conditions of the state of HBCUs.

Now, how he came to the conclusion that Chinese students are the pillars holding up the structures of HBCUs is anyone’s guess. If he is to be honest and truthful, he should say, “I don’t possess the figures, but I’m just going to talk and make it sound better than it would with facts.”

That at least would bring the idea to another level of candor that is not common in this Administration. Foundational Black American (FBA) students already know that a number of HBCU institutions recognize white people as the founders. Even with this understanding, there is no place for the president to just spew misinformation without regard.

If he is able to mount more falsehoods and untruths, he will continue to be a shell of a human being and not be an absolute person. For him to keep spouting fallacies as if he knew what he is talking about is dangerous.

To consider the idea that Chinese immigrant students form the basis for enrollment at these HBCUs is ridiculous.

President Trump is already embroiled in too many issues to stoop this low and disrespect the students involved in the learning process.

FBA flock to these schools like the late great Toni Morrison who attended Howard University to be among other educated black people.

Why didn’t Trump attend an HBCU? Why did he go to the Wharton School instead of Hampton University? Maybe he will one day tell a bald face lie and say he actually did attend Morehouse University. It’s the same kind of thought as he asserted about Chinese students. It has no reality.

What Trump fails to understand is the notion he has been telling tales outside of school in order to advance his place. He is either placating to blacks or still showing how immigrants either make or break institutions. His words and actions have proven to be without weight for a long time now. All of his ideals amount to hollow bromides, stale platitudes, and empty promises.

In the American system of education, he should be more concerned with completely eliminating the Education Department. With the government out of the business of learning, the students will have cheaper enrollment costs. From pre-k to post doctoral studies, everything should be privatized.

President Donald Trump should take a lesson in how to keep his mouth shut unless he knows the assignment.