During the 2016 Republican National Convention Trump said , " We 're going to work with all of our students who are drowning in debt to take the pressure off these young people just starting out their adult lives " . The Trump campaign did not put forth an official higher education plan , reported NASFAA . However , In May 2016 Trump 's campaign co-chair , Sam Clovis stated that the ideas being prepared by the campaign included getting government out of student lending ; requiring colleges to share in risk of loans ; discouraging borrowing by liberal arts majors ; and moving the Office of Civil Rights from the Education Department to Justice Department . In an October 2016 speech , Trump said that he favored having student loans repayment capped at 12.5 percent of borrowers ' income , with forgiveness of any remaining debt after fifteen years of payments
2016 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention
Economic policy of Donald Trump