President Trump and his team value multilingualism As automated translation improves and college language program enrollments drop, it’s encouraging to hear how valuable language skills are, especially when the source is an advocate for English-only policies and the president of the United Sates. At the recent Shield of the Americas Summit, President Trump made headlines with his emphatic refusal to learn Spanish, stating, “I’m not learning your language—I don’t have time. I was OK with languages, but I’m not going to spend time learning your language.” However, he went on to comment on how valuable Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s