he's right. Which is even sadder.

MAGA is finding international visitors who are attending soccer playoff games in the U.S. who speak favorably about their experiences here.

I hope your Italian waiter becomes aware of some of that positive feedback, decides to visit and has a wonderful time.

that the FIFA people liking America means the media lied about their distrust of Trump's America.

I responded that all but one city, Dallas, had a Democratic mayor. And yes, people are enjoying being in these cities. This means Trump lied calling many of them hellholes.

The truth, blue cities, most in blue states that always welcomed tourists and are fun to be in

Accompanied by much eye-rolling. Dallas is a largely blue leaning city. Johnson basically has fucked his career.

There were constant threads about hotel cancellations up until a few weeks ago. Then BAM...



The Earth just opened up and swallowed that topic. Eerie, really eerie.

About how you can tell by World Cup if we just got rid of the leaders all the people of the world mostly get along and like each other.

But they'll gladly import white afrikaaners from South Africa. I'd imagine that someone from Trieste may be close enough to the old Third Reich to be able to argue for favorable treatment.

why in the world would someone from overseas want to come here?

Europeans in my travels. Always when talking about the US I hear fear. Now it’s ICE. Back in 2014/15 it was guns mentioned most often. It is so sad to know this beautiful country is so distrusted by others and so out of reach fo so many.

I'd love for my stepdaughter and her kids to visit but it's just not safe. And being white wouldn't protect them.

We did a golf cart tour of Rome back in September of 2024. The driver was talking to my husband and I when we were waiting for the other family to come back to the cart. His grandparents moved to Florida, and he was going through the immigration process to join them there. He felt that there were more opportunities here than in Italy. We cautioned him to hold off making the final decision until after the election, because even legal migrants from Europe might have problems. I often wonder what he did.

It’s not worth the risk visiting right now, and not until republicans are out of power. They have shown that they’re not interested in reigning in ICE. On the contrary they keep giving Trump everything he wants to keep this going.

at the airport if there is anything on his phone that ICE doesn't like.

We live 20 miles south of Canadian border.
The Canadian are slowly returning, but the numbers are no where near what they were since Trump took office.
It has impacted my community greatly.
A 25 -30% drop in traffic is a big deal to small communities.

It's sad but mostly true.

There are too many stories of people being turned back at the airport etc. It is hard not to be able to see them and welcome them to our house, but it isn't worth the risk of what might happen.

For instnce...
The high desert above Sedona on the Coconino Plateau North of Flagstaff & it's nearby Mountains - Navajo & Hopi Nations. Grand Canyon. 1979 & 1980.
It's extroidinary ! If you enjoy that type of landscape. I do, as well *as treasure my green tree-filled* NYC area; as I sit typing in a tree filled backyard.

Some people (not me) may want to visit the very flat Plain States.
The Rockies! (Been there, too)

than a generation to repair, I fear, at this point.

to repair pent-up tourism. As soon as there is an admin that abolishes ICE, has sane policies, word will get out quickly.

fucking DISGUSTING

Every dog has its day, and there are plenty of them in this government. No offense to dogs!

getting caught up in the horror scene that so many Americans have had to experience, at times with deadly force.

not the only one with those sentiments. We all need to get into "good trouble". We have a very "unstable" what individual or criminal in the WH. He is ruining our country, and our leaders must back their words with ACTIONS!!! July 4th for some will not be a celebration.

what's wrong with living in peace with everyone and everyone getting a piece of the pie!!! instead of crumbs. I always say to myself those greedy SOB's can choke on their money basically that comes from us!!!

then foreign visitors surely won’t come. But I think they will be anxious to return once we take our government back. We just have to throw the fascists out first.

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and since last January I will not get on an airplane or travel to a red State. Fortunately I live in Massachusetts which is surrounded by blue States.

A few weeks ago I went to the white mountains to see the lupine bloom. Only bloom for two weeks a year. Plenty of wonderful things to do and see in the blue Northeast.

Cultural colonisation of people's minds and desires

There are so many amazing places to visit and experience throughout the entire world. People are generally just more aware of those in the US.