Once they've got a sunk-cost of $5,000,000 for a visa, they'll be strongly encouraged to take advantage of very special offers that somehow put cash into Trump's own pocket, just to head off any... misunderstandings with the paperwork.

I'm sure they'll find some more profitable and ego-stroking standards to hold them to, yes.

> the people who buy these are going to be rich oligarchs, they won’t be held to the same standard as the PhD students that are being deported by the dozens

Anyone telling themselves they’ve safe from the maws of autocracy isn’t familiar with the history of lawless systems. It’s only a matter of time and complacency before summary deportation turns into proscription [1].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscription