President Donald Trump is facing fierce pushback from his own supporters after announcing that the United States will welcome 600,000 Chinese students to study at American universities.

“I hear so many stories that we’re not going to allow their students,” Trump told reporters earlier this week at the White House. “We’re going to allow their students to come in. It’s very important, 600,000 students. … But we’re going to get along with China.”

The reversal comes just months after Trump’s administration imposed sweeping restrictions on visas for Chinese students. In May, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would “aggressively revoke visas” for those tied to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in sensitive fields, arguing the measures would “put America first, not China.”

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