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The president of the United States, appearing visibly angry in a prime-time address to the nation on Thursday night, told the American people that China has been aggressively<\/a> meddling in our elections.<\/p>\n

The claims were eye-popping, and the debate about how to better secure American voting procedures and maintain a free and fair press will continue. But there\u2019s another burning question Americans should be asking: What is the United States of America going to do about China now?<\/p>\n

One of the most obvious and immediate actions would be to revoke the president’s decision to welcome huge numbers of Chinese students to American universities. Universities are fertile ground for groundbreaking research and technology and present enormous espionage opportunities. On Thursday, the day of the president\u2019s address, the Department of Homeland Security<\/a> announced that it would be tightening restrictions on foreign student visas. But after the president\u2019s speech, there\u2019s no question there should be major reductions in Chinese student visas \u2014 and fast.<\/p>\n

CHINA DISMISSES TRUMP ELECTION INTERFERENCE ACCUSATIONS AS ‘ENTIRELY FABRICATED,’ THREATENS COUNTERMEASURES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump said China stole<\/a> millions of files on American voters with the goal of influencing the 2020 presidential election. The stolen election data included names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences and other sensitive personal details necessary for voter registration.<\/p>\n

Trump also claimed China sought to influence business leaders to abandon their support for Trump\u2019s presidential bid and to identify American journalists who had reported negatively on his presidency. China then allegedly offered the journalists large sums of money to increase their negative reporting in hopes of undermining Trump\u2019s reelection campaign.<\/p>\n

It will take weeks and months to flesh out the president\u2019s claims, but the White House made<\/a> public the heavily redacted intelligence documents that allegedly support them. It is imperative that our electoral system be safe and secure, as must the private information of American citizens.<\/p>\n

DOUG SCHOEN: TRUMP PUT 2026 ELECTION OFFICIALS ON NOTICE. NOW HE NEEDS A CLEAR AGENDA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Voters should also be confident that they can vote safely, that each vote will be counted fairly and that the outcome of the election accurately represents the views of American citizens. No business leader or journalist should be bribed to support or work against any American candidate in the service of America\u2019s enemies.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the United States should take every reasonable measure to thwart obvious Chinese intelligence collection operations and explain that those measures are a direct response to China\u2019s exploitation and abuse of America’s open society.<\/p>\n

In August 2025, President Trump announced that the United States would accept up to 600,000 Chinese students. In response to opposition from many of the president’s supporters, the White House clarified that this was a continuation of U.S. policy.<\/p>\n

Trump defended his position and said it would be “insulting” to China to deny Beijing access to these visas and would harm relations between the two nations amid important talks about trade.<\/p>\n

Trump’s defense of Chinese visas<\/a> was a reversal of the position Secretary of State Marco<\/a> Rubio had articulated just months earlier. Rubio said in May 2025 that he would revoke Chinese visas held by people with connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), especially those “studying in critical fields.” In his confirmation hearing before the Senate, Rubio said China is the nation’s top geopolitical adversary<\/a>. He also said, “Much of what we have to do to combat China is here at home.”<\/p>\n

Indeed, China cares deeply about those U.S. student visas. Xi Jinping is the<\/a> only CCP leader since Mao Zedong to stay in power beyond two five-year terms<\/a>. He is currently in his third five-year term, with no end in sight, and is carrying out his plan to replace the United States as the world\u2019s most powerful and influential nation.<\/p>\n

Xi\u2019s goals would not preserve anything resembling the status quo for Americans. China expert Matt Pottinger, a former senior official in the first Trump administration, has explained that Xi\u2019s aims are to “disintegrate the West and usher in an antidemocratic order.”<\/p>\n

Essential to China\u2019s effort to outpace America is collecting massive amounts of data on Americans to steer their thoughts and opinions, divide and confuse them, and advance Chinese technology in space, advanced AI, aerospace<\/a> and quantum computing.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a simple and deadly formula: divide Americans and strip them of their sensitive national security research and technology while maintaining control and unity among the Chinese population and advancing China\u2019s key industries to outpace the United States.<\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Thursday press release said, “Since 1978, foreign students have been admitted into the U.S. for an unspecified period, enabling thousands to become \u2018forever students\u2019 by perpetually enrolling in courses to avoid departure.”<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an obvious problem, but it\u2019s only one aspect of the issue. There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese nationals enrolled in American universities, many focusing their efforts on STEM-related research. And while Americans may want to generously invite foreign nationals to study at U.S. universities, especially in hopes of encouraging students to become more pro-America, candidates for American visas from China must go through a government and CCP vetting process \u2014 and each candidate must pass. Even if a Chinese student has no desire to harm the United States, he or she is necessarily tied to and responsive to China and the CCP.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s Thursday speech must be an inflection point, not only to galvanize bipartisan American support for securing fair elections, but also to protect our nation from Chinese espionage<\/a> and impose a high cost on China for exploiting our open society.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM REBECCAH HEINRICHS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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