I didn't mean that last comment sarcastically. Your sensitivity regarding what's happening politically is perhaps clouding how you're interpreting my language.
I'm not offended by your political position on Trump, but I was slightly annoyed with your grammatical nit-picking when I was asking a legitimate question.
Second, your own cited sources contradict your rhetoric.
I realize the "Daily Camera" isn't exactly the NYTimes or the Economist, but the title of the article is "Trump effect? CU Boulder sees 7.6% drop in international applicants."
And nowhere does it claim this:
if some students from the Middle East might now be somewhat less inclined to study in the US because of Trump, many students from Russia, China, and elsewhere might actually be more likely to do so, now.
Both articles claim it might not just be students from the Middle East or war torn countries that would be impacted by Trump's immigration policies.
But yes, it seems you're right that many of these students will study in Europe or Australia instead.