Trump Crushes Final Remnant of the ‘George Floyd Effect’ on America’s Campuses
For years now, America’s elite universities have been operating like global cash machines. They’ve been raking in billions from international students while sneering at the country that made them rich beyond their wildest dreams. These Marxist-run institutions have built a toxic empire on two foundations: massive US government grants and sky-high tuition from foreign students desperate to buy a piece of the American dream. These two streams have created a perfect storm of anti-American hate and typical left-wing double talk… universities preaching “equity” and “anti-colonialism” while pocketing taxpayer dollars and foreign money hand over fist.
They’ve used that funding to build their ivory towers and bankroll their woke agendas, all while poisoning the minds of young Americans and foreign students, to boot. And while they’re busy indoctrinating students with anti-American nonsense, they’ve totally priced out many middle-class families who can’t even afford to send their kids to these so-called public institutions.
And these institutions have taken a real beating thanks to DEI. What were once esteemed universities have turned into playgrounds for mediocrity, the direct result of what we called the “George Floyd effect.”
But there’s another force coming into play. For years, the university DEI racket has been about finding ways to rig the application process to hire those who are less qualified. But especially since Floyd season began in 2020, there have also been changes to the entire academic ecosystem that are undermining the entire concept of being “better qualified.”
Consider academic publishing. One of the reasons it is typically easy to observe that DEI hires are less qualified than their melanin-deficient competitors is that they often fall substantially (or laughably) short on standard career thresholds for an aspiring scholar. For the regular public, the job of professors is to teach college classes, but in academia, the currency of success is published papers and other recognized research accomplishments. Getting a paper in a field’s top journal (such as Nature or Science for scientific endeavors) greatly improves an academic’s chances of being hired, and the conspicuous lack of such papers from many DEI hires drove home the farce of handing them prestigious jobs.
While battles amongst university faculty get the most attention, quietly behind the scenes, the editors of those top academic journals have been maneuvering to turn the very process of publication into a race- and sex-based spoils system. Right now, instead of being headed by sober-minded scholars, some of the most prestigious journals in the world are led by people who are, speaking charitably, mentally unwell.
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The Secret George Floyd Effect: DEI Rot in Universities Is Deeper and Darker Than You Imagine
Nowadays, Floyd’s popularity has dropped, which isn’t surprising. After all, George was a nine-time convict, drug abuser, and deadbeat dad. He also robbed a pregnant woman at gunpoint.
Not exactly hero material.
Look:
The “George Floyd effect” fueled a full-blown DEI frenzy across American campuses, where ideology suffocated merit and any real standards collapsed under progressive politics. As Floyd’s manufactured hero status fades and President Trump returns to office and threatens to cut the purse strings, the tide is now turning. The country is shifting back toward reality and excellence.
And this latest move from President Trump’s team is proof…
The Trump Administration just sent a clear message to these universities: if you want federal grant money, you’d better start putting America first. The new rule would cap international students at 15% of total enrollment, with no more than 5% coming from any single country.
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This move is brilliant, and not just politically, but economically and culturally. It flips the system on its head.
By cutting down on foreign enrollment, universities will be forced to refocus on American students. That means less dependence on foreign cash, more incentive to make college affordable again, and a renewed competition to actually deliver value to the American people.
Instead of chasing tuition dollars from Beijing, Riyadh, and Mumbai, universities will need to earn the trust and tuition of decent, hard-working US families they’ve ignored for too long.
Also, the flood of DEI spending that followed Floyd’s overdose padded university budgets with full-price tuition from overseas students and a surge of federal and corporate diversity grants. That money kept the entire DEI machine alive long after Floyd’s public enthusiasm faded.
Trump’s new rule strikes at the foundation of that system. By limiting foreign-student revenue and tying grants to enrollment priorities, the administration is closing the flow that allowed universities to bankroll ideological hiring and programs totally and completely detached from academics.
The same pipeline that funded the “Floyd-era” expansion of DEI is the one this policy will help shut down.