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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More help for US citizens

Indian student enrollment in US universities has dropped by nearly 75% in the first year of the second administration of Donald Trump.

According to reports from various education consultants, this is due to visa checks, fewer interview slots, and large-scale visa cancellations as the main reasons behind this sharp fall.

Reacting to the situation, V. Ramgopal Rao, Vice-Chancellor of BITS Pilani, said the sharp fall in enrolments should not be seen as temporary.

https://m.economictimes.com/nri/study/indian-students-turn-away-from-us-as-visas-dry-up-under-trump/articleshow/126761020.cms

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/10/01/immigration-data-indicate-indian-student-enrollment-may-plummet/[/quote]

Trump increased Chinese students by 600,000.[/quote]

China is playing Trump like a violin.  They buy his Trump coin cryptos for hundreds of millions of dollars and there are so many favorable policies towards China now.  Meanwhile, China hasn't bought any soybeans from American farmers for months following the Trump tariffs, and we the taxpayer are paying the soybean farmers to do nothing.  MAGA![/quote]

To be clear, ag payments (commodities, not just soybeans) are predicated on acres actually planted in 2025. Farmers must certify their acreage each year during the growing season. USDA uses, among other things, aerial imagery and spot checks to confirm acreage reports.

There are zero programs that pay farmers to "do nothing." Even conservation reserve programs have requirements: for a small (9 acre) parcel enrolled in a particular program I had to provide seedbed preparation, seed, and seeding itself to plant native grasses. There was a 50% cost share (with a cap) the government paid and mid-contract mowing to control weeds is also required. The native grasses are much more effective than crops or just cover crops at controlling erosion (500 million tons topsoil saved annually) and also sequesters more carbon.

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