Politico reported that President Trump called “almost every student” from China a spy. It is reported that the White House declined Politico’s request for comment.

We do not know if this is true, but we were shocked by this report. If it were true, it would be outrageous and offensive to more than 350,000 Chinese students studying at U.S. universities, to hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Chinese Americans who came to this country as students, and to Chinese Americans whose ancestors came to this country as students.

We urge President Trump to clarify this issue. If this is true, we urge him to apologize for his irrational comments on Chinese students and society.