Official account of @StateDept’s Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy.
Mar 18 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Foreign dollars (often with strings attached) have been flowing into U.S. universities. It’s time the American people find out exactly who’s paying — and at what cost.
Starting now, my office will take a brand-new role in partnership with @usedgov and Under Secretary Kent delivering on @POTUS’s executive order to bring transparency to foreign money in U.S. higher education and research.⬇️
Foreign investment, students, and educational exchanges produce real benefits. But American universities are subsidized by American taxpayers, and incubate some of America’s most sensitive research. For this reason, Congress enacted Section 117 of the Higher Education Act — a transparency provision that requires universities to disclose (so the public can evaluate) material foreign ties. Key examples show why disclosures are needed:
Jan 15 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Germany infamously retains very few Jews, yet imported barbarian rapist hordes (as an American, I’m allowed to call them that) under Merkel. Even today, Germany suppresses political opposition who point this out.
You guys will say this is because of “Jewish” NGO tentacles or whine that Hitler (who destroyed his country) is treated too harshly by history. You will say this because you’re dumb trash who prefer to promote conspiracy theories rather than ascribe Germans (or anyone else) agency over their countries’ future.
These sanctions are visa-related. We aren't invoking severe Magnitsky-style financial measures, but our message is clear: if you spend your career fomenting censorship of American speech, you're unwelcome on American soil.
