Jiang says scandals like the Epstein files can actually solidify support for Trump because conflict and reconciliation bind Trump and the MAGA base together rather than cleanly separating them.
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Jiang's first lesson is that investing in teachers means support, mentorship, professional development, and community rather than simply paying them more.
Jiang says many American universities recruiting Chinese students are not equipped to support them, while American higher education itself faces student-debt and completion-rate problems that make Chinese enrollment only a temporary bandage.
Jiang says American universities recruiting in China are too focused on filling as many full-paying seats as possible and not focused enough on student fit or support.
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"...and what ultimately it does is um it really solidifies mega support for Trump okay so let me use an analogy um like a..."
"...more will make them more motivated. It means providing them with support, right? So mentorship, professional development, and community, right? So make, make sure..."
"...and these Chinese students go to America and they're given no support. So these students might write essays. There's no feedback. And you can..."
"So I don't think this is a marriage made in heaven. I think there's a problem. There's some real serious issues that we need..."
"Well right now the issue in this process is that you have Chinese students who want to go abroad. And you have American schools..."
"...something that is still impacting america today and many people who support trump believe that trump is um a messiah figure who's come to..."
"...the arrows of amazement once you recognize that reason even when support the sentence has short wings but tell me what you think of..."
"...they're actually not in competition with each other. In fact, they support each other. And honestly, they lead to the same outcomes."
"...paid them the most, whoever brought them the most, they would support. Okay? And so, this area became the most contested territory in the..."
"...us to go fight wars in Iran, it causes us to support Israel."
"...That's technology. It has a lot of weaponry. It has American support. The problem with Western capitalistic societies is that they tend to be..."
"...in Africa. Okay? After the war started, when Russia invaded Ukraine, support for Putin in the Global South increased dramatically, as this map tells..."
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