Princess Elisabeth has completed first year of master’s degree but Trump administration’s crackdown may jeopardise studies

Princess Elisabeth, the 23-year-old future queen of Belgium, has just completed her first year at Harvard University but the ban imposed by Donald Trump’s administration on foreign students studying there could jeopardise her continued attendance.

The US president’s administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enrol international students on Thursday, and is forcing current foreign students to transfer to other schools or lose their legal status in the US, while also threatening to expand the crackdown to other colleges.

“Princess Elisabeth has just completed her first year. The impact of [the Trump administration’s] decision will only become clearer in the coming days/weeks. We are currently investigating the situation,” said a spokesperson for the Belgian royal palace, Lore Vandoorne.

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    fascist/communist

    Come on. Aren’t we better than this? Your other points are correct but get out of here with this horseshoe bullshit

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      My grandmother was jailed by the Nazis and survived WW II. Post WW II, my relatives were on both sides, East Germany and West Germany. Tell me again how I know the similarities between the fascist and communist when it boils down to power and corruption. It’s not horseshoe BS.

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        Absolutely none of that has anything to do with the dictionary definition of communism. You can use “totalitarianism” if you can fit that into your vocabulary

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            Just to put it in a way you might understand, your logic means you believe North Korea is a democracy.

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                I don’t know how to pound this into your thick skull. You’re obviously very dull. The people who abused your family had a system of government they called “communism”. IT WAS NOT COMMUNISM. YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED COMMUNISM. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT COMMUNISM IS.