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if i wanna see primates throw shit at each other i can go to my local zoo

Huh I thought they didn't want foreigners tho

Sir, a second Trump presidency has hit the US.

Every set of policy decision has its winners and losers. It really feels like everyone other than the grifter-in-chief and his pals are losing now though.

I think the US is visually stunning and I really wanna see the national parks and Big Sur and go to Oregon and see awe inspiring beauty of that state. Just a major case of fascism makes go yuck. No thanks.

Finally some good news

Meanwhile China's tourism is booming. Especially thanks to the 30 day unilateral visa free for most countries. Except of course for you know who..

https://www.thechinavoyage.com/china-tourism-statistics

Plus I don't have to disclose any social media, including your LinkedIn nor do I have to answer these inane questions like are you a Nazi? Strangely enough a few years ago that would be a disqualifier but it seems to make the immigration process go smoother now.

Thanks Obama! /s

“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”

Is it, tho? Is it really mind-boggling?

Has this head of US Travel Association perhaps been frozen in stasis for the past 24 months? I'm not sure how else they could perceive what's happening as anything other than normal and expected.

US Government: "Foreigners are not welcome here!"

Foreigners: stop coming here

US Government: surprised Pikachu

It's fine, they'll keep printing money so everyone can keep buying nvidia chips, no reason to worry

Who would have thought that a GeStaPo randomly taking potential non-Americans off the street and and putting them in concentration camps could lead to tourists looking for safer destinations?

How is it mind-boggling? You elected fascist, felon, narcissist Dementia Don, and he's fomented far-right assholes to his ranks. This has made America a cesspool, and it's deserving of the scorn. And threatening sovereign states is making it worse.

At this point, it seems the point is to make the place malcontent, which adds to more of the far-right ranks, and it snowballs into needing intervention.

Article text:

Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year

Graph in article: Number of visitors declined by over 10 million from Canada alone (from 20 million) since the start of Trump's second term. Other countries have similar trends, but with smaller initial numbers.

I'm not sure if I understand how they define year-on-year.

I'm genuinely 50% or more sure they wouldn't let me in at the border. Would be a waste of flight tickets. I love the actual land under US jurisdiction but don't actually want to visit that shit show right now.

Get rid of Capitalism, problem solved. Educate people, spread awareness. Scientific Socialism is the only sustainable way forward.

Ya ya increase more controversial checks at the border. Int. Tourists decreases. Shocked Pikachu face

i stopped going after 9/11 and the US went insane then, now it's jist deeper in the mire.

I lived there for a time in '94 and visited twice a year for holidays after that. Haven't been back.

This hit Florida a while back. Hell, I-4 isn't even a Mad Max style hellscape right now.

Only 50% of 2019 levels. Surprised it’s even that high.

Trump’s solution: TARIFFS!

America: come for the sights; stay because you don't have a key to the four-by-four chicken wire cage you're pissing blood in after being repeatedly smashed in the kidneys with a rifle butt.

Detaining a number of the visitors at the border certainly didn't help.