* not a serious president. (also cheats at golf)

You are not safe in the U.S.

I live here and I am not safe.

No one is safe.

The U.S. is a lawless country.

All institutions have been infected with White Supremacists and Christian Nationalists.

There is only 1 party of government remaining.

The republican party died and morphed into the trump party.

1 side represents goodness and decency.

1 side represents evil and hate.

Thank you for finally being MANLY and owning up to your FAIL.

There's so much Canadian tourism up there that many of the signs in Lake George are in both English and French Canadian.
I don't think a lot of Canadians will be coming there this year.
And this is how it is all along the US/Canadian border.
It will definitely hurt a lot of businesses along the border.

All the coastal tourist spots depend a lot on Canadians during the summer months. The same can likely be said for most such locations along the Eastern seaboard.

and some more complicated medical care. We have many signs in English & Spanish and that really pisses off the bigots here.

Irony is , we’re not the idiots responsible for all this mess. Our states are solidly Blue. I understand them not wanting to vacation at the Gulf, Florida our the southeast coast in general. Hell, I don’t want to go there. Traveling south feels almost like crossing the Iron Curtain into Eastern Europe back in the bad old days. Just feels creepy.

But the northern tier of the Northeast isn’t like that. We have our magats but our state governments haven’t embraced fascism like other parts of the US. Yet we’re suffering from it.

they have in my red state

Booked a hotel in Glens Falls yesterday (just south of Lake George). Cheaper than any time in the last decade.

The whole reason behind his tariff strategy was to "make America rich" so they could afford to grant a few trillion in relief for the struggling investor class.
Well, that didn't work, so back up the social handout. There's no reason for a tax cut if corporate entities are bringing in less money.

If I went from working 40 hours week to 20 hours at a lower base pay, I wouldn't complain about high wealth taxes.

You might be able to get into very expensive and exclusive places for lower price, though not that much lower when considering tarrifs

... once someone hits rock bottom, waking up in a gutter, face down in their own vomit and smelling of sewage, only then will they be motivated to change.

It's just a damn shame that so many others will suffer too as the MAGAverse learns the hard lessons.

The World Cup and Olympics are coming and I don't think anyone is coming to America. Surprised the World Cup hasn't moved the U.S. games to Mexico or Canada. And of course, Trump will blame Biden

Invasion of Afghanistan and 1984 Russia retaliated by boycotting the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. I suspect as things get worst in the US many foreign countries will boycott in the fear they could be sent to the El Salvador prisons or attacked by Maga Americans who are against foreigners in their country.

MAGAts will blow it off saying, "Fine, it was getting too crowded. I'd rather mix with 'real' Americans anyway."

DeSantis was wanting to eliminate property taxes for residents shifting burden to increasing tourists taxes (domestic and international). Folks are leaving the state due to high cost of living and increasing hurricane risks (and I imagine poltics too!).

From the Governor's Office, international tourists made up 6.6% of overall Florida tourists.

I'd say at least double that, around 15%. You're never going to get truthful data from DeSatan's offices, only data that makes him look good.

Even with a passport, they might not let us in

I spent the weekend with a Canadian couple, here in the US for a conference they had to attend. They didn’t want to come because they were afraid of trouble at the border. She left her cellphone at home, for fear border patrol would look at her social media history. And that’s it, they’re not coming back until Trump’s gone.

.... be grossly understaffed, which means unsafe conditions. Dirty, unkept facilities. Closed off areas.

I see a lot of backyard picnics.

And don’t get me started on the displacement of animals in those parks.

but then you may also see how he's gone bankrupt so many times screwing investors and contractors/workers.

POS to the nth degree. More lies, frauds and crimes to follow.

In fact, if I were still on any of the social media platforms, I'd be warning people away for their own safety and sanity.

This WILL matter, especially in a state like Florida, come this summer (if it continues). Speaking of Florida, DeSantis sure has been quiet lately.

get a fucking clue.

Everything you touch turns to shit

The tariffs keep flip-flopping. Nobody has a prayer of figuring out exactly what is being levied on any particular day. Lots of good are going to be stuck at ports (outbound at foreign ports or inbound at US ports). Much of that merchandise can't be accepted because nobody has the ability or willingness to pay the tariff.

Most of what will be sold here over the next 60 days was already imported before tariffs. We won't see the full impact of much of this until June or July. And to the extent that this leads to inflation or recession, much of that will really kick in after June for all the above reasons.

What we are seeing today is mostly just the Trump chaos, and price gouging that happens within the fog of chaos. The real pain is just now entering the pipeline and won't be realized into summer, or even Labor Day.