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Tourists Boycott U.S. at Record Rates After Trump Takeover (www.thedailybeast.com)
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Millions of international travelers are increasingly choosing to avoid the United States.

The United States had roughly 4 million fewer international visitors in 2025 than the year before, marking a 5.5 percent decline in overseas tourism, according to CNN. Foreign visitor spending also fell by more than $8 billion.

Aside from the collapse in travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, it represents the sharpest annual drop in international tourism in roughly 20 years.

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[–] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

and we are severing from US industry irreversibly.

That is an unmitigated tragedy. Different places on earth are better for making different things. Trade between people is as old and essential as civilization itself. I get why Canada is doing that right now because the US is a disaster, but let’s not pretend blowing up all relations is a good thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    America literally has nothing Canada or any other nation needs that they can't get from another country. America is literally a resource leech that offers nothing in return.

    The world is better off without America. Congrats on your oranges or something.

    There's a particular reason America has always had a global trade deficit.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    You do see how shipping produce across an ocean is an environmental tragedy, right? Again, I agree that Canada is doing the right thing given the circumstances but describing the situation like it’s a good thing is unhinged.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago*

    We are making new partners worldwide and no longer trusting anyone. Canada has been fucked over by the US since Eisenhower shut down our aeronautics industry with his Conservative puppet.

    Fuck around...find out. Throw out legal trade agreements? we can now pivot to other, better markets.

    Tariffs on cars? Good. We opened up to other countries that don't just sell shitty trucks. EVs inbound from China and France. Maybe we can stop subsidizing US assembly plants in Canada with our healthcare.

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