President Donald Trump is looking to make a "migrants-for-minerals" deal with China. 

This is according to a new report from Breitbart News.

Trump hinted a the deal in a recent Truth Social post.

OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME. FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT, BY CHINA. LIKEWISE, WE WILL PROVIDE TO CHINA WHAT WAS AGREED TO, INCLUDING CHINESE STUDENTS USING OUR COLLEGES AND… pic.twitter.com/6VUURgJrAh

— Trump Truths From Truth Social (@Trump_Social_) June 11, 2025

"Our Deal . . . Is DONE"

As mentioned earlier, Trump celebrated the deal in a recent social media post.

"OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME," he began.

The president went on to provide some details of the deal, writing:

FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT, BY CHINA. LIKEWISE, WE WILL PROVIDE TO CHINA WHAT WAS AGREED TO, INCLUDING CHINESE STUDENTS USING OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD WITH ME!).

The question is whether it will be good with Americans and with Trump's base. Time will tell.

The president concluded, "WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 55% TARIFFS, CHINA IS GETTING 10%. RELATIONSHIP IS EXCELLENT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!"

Mixed Messages?

Breitbart News notes how Trump has not exactly been consistent with his messaging on some of these issues.

The outlet writes:

The public pushback may force a Trump reversal, in part because he is already on record calling for a reduction in Chinese white-collar migrants. In late May, Trump said U.S. universities should halve the inflow of foreign students, including Chinese students. “We have people who want to go to Harvard and other schools [but] they can’t get in because we have foreign students there,” Trump said.

It is unclear whether these two positions - the migrants-for-minerals deal and the halving of foreign students - are consistent. It is possible that they are.

Breitbart goes on to highlight some of the drawbacks of a potential migrants-for-minerals deal. It used arguments from Kevin Lynn, founder of U.S. TechWorkers.

Per the outlet:

“If they give the [Chinese migrants] jobs, what they’re essentially doing is ripping out the bottom rungs of the career ladder for American students,” he said. Once U.S. graduates are pushed off the lower rungs of the career ladder, the foreign graduates surge past them to become the self-serving C-Suite executives and hiring managers for company directors, he said.