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Donald Trump FINALLY admits that some immigration is GOOD

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· 2 min · 434 words · 7 timestamped sections

This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Donald Trump FINALLY admits that some immigration is GOOD", an episode of Pod Save America published November 15, 2025 (2 min, about 434 words). It mentions 14 people, works and ideas, including United States (states), universities, Donald Trump, H-1B visa, American workers.

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 2:01: Donald Trump, United States (states), universities, American workers

Notable quotes from "Donald Trump FINALLY admits that some immigration is GOOD"

  • A lot of MAGA folks are not thrilled about this idea of hundreds of thousands of foreign students in the United States. You've said as many as 600,000 Chinese students could…
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  • I found myself in that exchange siding with Donald Trump because he's not used to answering that way. He couldn't really handle it very well. But what he was trying to say is we need H-1B visas cuz we have plenty of talented people in.
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Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

Companies & orgs

  • universities — Company · 2 mentions · first at
    Kids want to go to school and there are places not for them and these universities are getting rich off Chinese money?
  • colleges in the United States — Company · 1 mention · first at
    If we were to cut that in half, which perhaps makes some people happy, you would have half the colleges in the United States go out of business. So what we're dependent on…
  • institutions of higher education — Company · 1 mention · first at
    Universities for the last 10 years in the Trump administration, tried to take down institutions of higher education, tried to attack immigration, and Donald Trump's sitting…

Concepts & topics

  • H-1B visa — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    And does that mean the H-1B visa thing will not be a big priority for your administration? Because if you want to raise wages for American workers, you can't flood the country with tens.
  • American workers — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Will not be a big priority for your administration? Because if you want to raise wages for American workers, you can't flood the country with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of foreign workers.
  • foreign workers — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Can't flood the country with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of foreign workers.
  • Chinese students — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Of foreign students in the United States. You've said as many as 600,000 Chinese students could come to the United States. Why, sir, is that a proagga position when so many…
  • international students — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Hundred years in this country. That's what America is. It's a nation of immigrants. Same thing. International students are partly what make our university system the envy of the world.
  • Immigration — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    The Trump administration, tried to take down institutions of higher education, tried to attack immigration, and Donald Trump's sitting here trying to be well, yeah, well…
  • MAGA — Concept · 1 mention

Places & events

Full transcript with timestamps

And does that mean the H-1B visa thing will not be a big priority for your administration? Because if you want to raise wages for American workers, you can't flood the country with with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of foreign workers.

You also do have to bring in talent when a country talented people. No, you don't. No, you don't. We don't have talented people.

No, you don't have you don't have certain talents and you have to people have to learn.

A lot of MAGA folks um are not thrilled about this idea of hundreds of thousands of foreign students in the United States. You've said as many as 600,000 Chinese students could come to the United States. Why, sir, is that a proagga position when so many American kids want to go to school and there are places not for them and these universities are getting rich off Chinese money?

If we were to cut that in half, which perhaps makes some people happy, you would have half the colleges in the United States go out of business. So what we're dependent on China to keep but I think it's good to have I actually think it's good to have outside uh countries and don't forget MAGA was my idea. MAGA was nobody else's idea. I know what MAGA wants better than anybody else and MAGA wants to see our country thrive.

I found myself in that exchange siding with Donald Trump because he's not used to answering that way. He couldn't really handle it very well. But what he was trying to say is we need H-1B visas cuz we have plenty of talented people in this country. But for some jobs, people can't fill the jobs. So immigrants come to this country and they do those jobs like they have for the last several hundred years in this country. That's what America is. It's a nation of immigrants. Same thing. International students are partly what make our university system the envy of the world.

And so we like to have international students in this country. And we don't want our colleges closing down, which Laura Ingram doesn't care about because now they've attacked colleges and universities for the last 10 years in the Trump administration, tried to take down institutions of higher education, tried to attack immigration, and Donald Trump's sitting here trying to be like, well, yeah, well, there's some immigration that's good. And Laura Ingram and the MAGA base that's really pissed about that answer are like, abso fuckingutely not.

Questions about this episode

What is discussed in "Donald Trump FINALLY admits that some immigration is GOOD"?

In order: 0:00 Donald Trump, United States (states), universities, American workers.

What is mentioned in this Pod Save America episode?

14 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including United States (states), universities, Donald Trump, H-1B visa, American workers, foreign workers. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Donald Trump FINALLY admits that some immigration is GOOD"?

The episode runs 2 min; the transcript is about 434 words in 7 timestamped sections.

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About this transcript: the episode's spoken words as captioned on YouTube, split into timestamped sections. Reclip.Me locates every person, work and idea in the text, keeps the time it is first named, and quotes the words around it verbatim. Last updated November 16, 2025.