Does Trump's tariff aks isolationism stuff impact your desire and/or ability to travel in 2025 and beyond?

Travel for me is totally out already due to affordability and I haven't had a passport for nearly 20 years.

But if I was in a position to go I'd like to go see friends in the USA. However the new regime re tariffs and the instructions to Homeland Security to treat all foreigners as alien terrorist threats to the sovereignty of Trump are huge turn-off's so I'd be very hesitant to try going there unless I had to go there for work (my job as a freight train driver is kinda not really up there in elite/executive business circles lol).

I've never been to anywhere in the Europe or Asia. My ex and my 7 y/o daughter are going on a OS holiday in June (to Asia) which I could never afford to do.

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MarineBob · 56-60, M

Personally I think they should have toll booths at each border crossing

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@MarineBob Which borders? There are already plenty of these sorts of things between Canada and the USA, and Mexico and the USA. The 'air border' and 'ocean border' is a bit more flexible because it has to be.

Thrust · 56-60, M

@zonavar68

Yep, there are toll booths at every border crossing 🤡

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@Thrust Ok. I've never been to the USA and tried to travel to another country while there. I wouldn't even consider going to the USA now with Trump's new regime of treating every traveler as a threat to US sovereignty.

Thrust · 56-60, M

@zonavar68

Trump's new regime of treating every traveler as a threat to US sovereignty

Christ, what a drame queen 🤡

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@Thrust so you deny that Trump has directed the relevant agencies to treat *any* visitor to the US as a threat when presenting at the border? The country is not a very 'foreigner-positive' destination since Trump got back into office.

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zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@Thrust It's the level of vetting that's been ramped up as evidenced by actual accounts of people presenting legitimately to enter the USA (either mainland or occupied territory elsewhere) and being either detained or denied entry based on spurious grounds that normally are of no concern. Also increased vetting of personal electronic devices.

Thrust · 56-60, M

@zonavar68

occupied territory

So go liberate them

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