Kevin O’Leary pushed back on President Donald Trump’s ban on foreign students at Harvard during an appearance on Fox News Friday, calling the policy “stupid.”

O’Leary sat in for Friday’s edition of Outnumbered and took a moment to praise Harvard and its curation of foreign students. The Shark Tank investor disclosed that he is also a teacher at Harvard and has had positive experiences with foreign students.

“Obviously the lightning rod right now is Harvard and I must disclose I teach there as an executive fellow. I will say one thing though in all of this debate. They curate remarkable students from all around the world. They don’t care if they’re religion or geography or race. They just try and find the top 900 they can find,” O’Leary said.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently terminated Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, accusing the school of “fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party,” a move that was blocked by a federal judge. The school accused the administration of trying to “erase” a large portion of the student body, while Trump has continued to rail against the school. At a recent White House presser, the president suggested Harvard students can’t add two plus two, citing a remedial math program Harvard put in place after Covid-19.

“I met them myself, 37% of the class I’m teaching is from foreign countries,” O’Leary said on Friday. “They don’t want to leave America. They don’t hate America. They want to get a passport, stay here, and start a business. And I think I’m one of the lone voices pointing that out. Why would we want to take the brightest and smartest people on Earth and kick them out of the country after we spend millions teaching them? It seems stupid to me.”

O’Leary acknowledged there are “other things” Harvard is taking “heat” for, but their foreign students should not be one of them.

“Harvard’s taken a lot of heat for other stuff, but they shouldn’t be taking heat for curating amazing cohorts,” he said. “These kids are amazing, and we gotta keep them here.”

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