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Trump’s Fulbright cuts mark end of a soft power era

πŸ“° Asia Times πŸ• June 30, 2026 at 1:41 AM

America’s biggest educational exchange program is on its last legs. President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget recently proposed to cut the Fulbright Program by nearly 80%. The cut comes during the 80th year of the program, which was founded at the behest of its namesake, Senator J. William Fulbright, in 1946. Today, the Fulbright […]

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