Trump's point system would give Olympic athletes with a medal, points.

[Dawson Leery]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/cotton-perdue-trump-bill-point-system-merit-based/index.html

"Fifteen points would be given to someone earning an individual Olympic medal or relatively competitive international sporting event."

[angrychair]

1. Use that point system to see if you qualify

Given my age and education and language skills and that I have never won a Noble prize or the Olympics, if I already were not a citizen I could not even apply (need 30 pts and I have 16)

[mercuryblues]

2. I am curious

I totaled 15, If I go to Europe, will I be let back in the USA?

[angrychair]

4. Good question

Does Cult45 want to enable some sort of eugenics master plan?

The problem there is it eliminates 99% of his base.

This is no where near law and and will never be law. Congress, even the current one, would never pass it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. What did you give yourself for language?

With your use of the subjunctive "if I already were...", you should be in the top 10% (11 points) or maybe the top 1% (12 points).

[ismnotwasm]

3. This is creepy

I hate Hitler comparisons but is he looking for Übermensch?

[BASE]

5. Seems goofy to me

Unless there's more that they aren't sharing in the article that's a pretty worthless list of criteria for determining who might be a burden. 3x median salary? 1.35M invested in US?

Assuming that's even the objective of the system...

[NastyRiffraff]

7. Trump might not be eligible under the point system

How might President Trump fare in the “merit-based” immigration scheme he just endorsed?

If he were an immigrant, there’s a decent chance he’d get kicked out of the country
Based on the immigration system he endorsed, Trump would not get a green card

The writer gives Dump a total of 18 points (30 points is required). If she were generous (or "less cheeky) she would give him an 12 points for English language skills instead of her original zero, bringing him to 30, barely passing. This apparently wouldn't guarantee a Trump green card as "roughly the top 70,000" scores would be selected.