President Donald Trump defended allowing foreign students to study in the US as a “good” practice and pushed back on a call to reduce their numbers, saying it would be financially destructive to the nation’s higher education system.

“You don’t want to cut half of the people, half of the students from all over the world that are coming into our country—destroy our entire university and college system — I don’t want to do that,” Trump said in an interview with Laura Ingraham that aired Monday on Fox News.

“I actually think it’s good to have outside countries. Look, I want to be able to get along with the world,” he added.

Trump was repeatedly pushed by the Fox News host on why he wouldn’t reduce the number of students from foreign countries — in particular China — who are studying in the

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