The Joy Reid Show

BONUS CONTENT: Broken Clocks: Nick Fuentes Sees Trump & MAGA Republicans Playing Angry White Men | Sep 01, 2025

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Sep 4, 2025
In this captivating discussion, the backlash against Trump's approval of 600,000 student visas for Chinese students takes center stage. Joy Reid highlights the hypocrisy of Republican nativism while billionaires benefit from cheap labor. The conversation critiques how immigrant fears distract from educational inequalities that American students face. It delves into the manipulation of anger in politics, revealing how economic exploitation impacts various groups and calling for unity against systemic disparities.
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Students Keep Colleges Afloat

  • Donald Trump's plan to approve hundreds of thousands of Chinese student visas is framed as saving U.S. colleges from collapse.
  • This tradeoff reveals higher education's financial dependence on full‑pay international students.
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Immigration Rhetoric Versus Policy

  • Nick Fuentes argues Republicans promised mass deportations but never intended to deliver them.
  • He claims the party used nativist rhetoric to win votes while serving wealthy interests that need immigrant labor.
ANECDOTE

Personal Teaching And Scholarship Story

  • Joy Reid recounts teaching Chinese students at Syracuse and Howard who paid full tuition and were highly dedicated.
  • She uses her Harvard scholarship experience to contrast how international students subsidize U.S. campuses.
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