I find conflicting information when I look this up. How true is this claim?
this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2025
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Wow, this must have been Trump’s plan all along to reduce crashes in the DC SFRA! What a genius!
With all the news of ICE arresting and abusing tourists in my countries news recently I would also think twice before traveling to the US if I don't have to. Not like there aren't other just as interesting/beautiful, cheaper and by now tbh safer countries to travel to.
Besides all the moral questions wrt the slowish slide into fascism ofc.
UK and Germany made warnings not to go to the US. The US is like North Korea now, lol.
I'm in the UK, my friends are well read but hadn't heard of the detention of tourists. One of them still plans to go on holiday next month... mad
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As a citizen of the US, I'm nervous about leaving and getting back in.
If it reaches that point, just be glad you made it out in time.
What a surprise that people do not want to visit a country while it is in a speed run to the bottom. You never know when shit hits the fan with full force. You just know you do not want to be there when it happens.
Those cases where they put tourists into jail for no reason at all for several weeks were headline news here in Germany and I assume also in other parts of the world. That will harm your tourist industry.
I fucking live here but I’m not a doctor so nobody wants to take me. I’m exploring options from my Eastern European heritage now to try and apply for asylum in the same country that my grandfather fled almost 80 years ago.
If my grandfather were still alive to see me attempting to flee what he fought against as a 17 year old soldier, it would absolutely make him sick to his stomach.
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I’m glad I got to visit DC in October. My company had a meetup there and it was genuinely a cool city with lots of neat bars.
Like fuck I’m visiting it or the USA again any time again soon though
Glad you had a good time. I understand. :(
Are you from DC? If so, I hope to get to visit your city again in more stable times. I’m from Ottawa, CAN so we’re capital bros 🤜🤛.
We're not as big of a city but worth visiting imo
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Ya get what ya vote for.
DC voted 90%+ for Harris. There’s almost no chance he voted for this.
Sorry, it's been ten years of this. I'm kinda done with giving nuance to Americans.
Harsh? Maybe, but when even the Democrats are caving in to Trump's demands for fuck all reason, I'm just done caring about what the thoughts of people down South are.
Literally been told by "left-wing" Americans that my thoughts and opinions on their politics don't matter even with the bullshit going on, and all I can think of is how I as someone over the border wouldn't have to fucking care if they treated this guy like the fucking threat they supposedly see him as rather than do nothing more than tell people to vote as if that's some big fucking accomplishment.
If getting out to vote is supposedly all that people could have done against this and nothing else (their words and actions, not mine), then yeah, ya get what ya vote for.
Maybe taking a break from politics to get your energy levels back up is not a bad idea. This political stage being played by what seem to be litlle children with bad parents can be quite exhausting.
Fighting trough the tiredness and just not bothering to do what you think is right is not a good solution. It might be better to be offline for a bit.
Perhaps I sound like an idiot, but whatever
I’m kinda done with giving nuance to Americans.
Exactly the kind of sentiment the people in power making these batshit decisions want. They want people making vapid generalizations, they want people reacting instead of thinking. Acting out against each other instead of working together.
You're sick of this shit? We have to fucking live it. You want to give up? Fine. But don't blame others when things don't get better, while you sit on your high horse and the world burns around you. Cause it sure as fuck isn't limited to the US, it's just easier to ignore everything but because the US when they're falling so far from where most people there thought they were.
I'll rephrase it for you: You get what you don't resist. Also known as: History is made by the people who show up. The crux of the issue is that when it mattered, most people in America didn't show up (and no, I'm not talking about election day). Americans collectively share responsibility for not showing up, and nothing is going to change until they decide to show up. It's that simple.
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Oh get over yourself. You people swear you’re fighting the good fight by thinking. That’s the whole problem. All anyone does is think, no action. Then it’s shocked pikachu face.
To people all over the world, ignore this type of bleating. This is the same rhetoric the dems use and thanks to them we’re now the dumb reich.
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If only that were true, my friend. But it's not, as you must know. Remember 2000? Disenfranchisement? Redistricting? The electoral college? ... But go on, blame the victims. Meh.
I haven't gotten what I voted for in twenty years.
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no foreigners in mai country yeeha!
Why is tourism down?
From: Fuck all of you!.
To: Brother. Can you spare some eggs?.
I was there two weeks ago. Expected a huge pain in the ass getting in and out.
It was a ghost town.
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Want to say good serves them right! But no. America becoming more authoritarian and insolationist is not a good thing for anyone. This situation very scary
They should bring back Transatlantic ferries and cruises where people can bring their cars, trailers, and pallets of personal belongings across the ocean at affordable rates. I guarantee it would be popular at the moment, at least in one direction.
I think currently Freighter travel isn't allowed for such purposes but it used to be in the USA?
Music to my ears.
It’s so wild that they named after one of the Dulles brothers. Truly two of the most evil people who ever lived. And we’re still living in a world grappling with the fallout of their crimes, and those who wish to continue their legacy.
Never trust countries with the following:
3. Airports named after people.
2. Streets named after dates.
1. Background music on news reports.
If you do somehow find yourself in a country with one or more those things, back away slowly and quietly until you are over the border.
There's a lot of countries with airports named after people. Weird thing to be triggered over.
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Oh so sad.
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Guess America should not have elected an orange fascist fuckwhit gameshow host to their highest office.
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The more working class people leave DC, the happier I will be when the asteroid hits.
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The zoo in DC is pretty dope, most of it is free as it is part of a park.
Idk though, the central parts of DC where lots of successful people are is suffocating to me. You go out to lunch and everyone has shoes on that cost more than your car and they sound like two LinkedIn chatbots conversing when this is supposedly a break from work?
Ewww
I know there are MANY other facets to DC I haven't seen though!
Countless gorgeous museums, art galleries, music venues, etc. Seriously, the museums alone are days worth of entertainment and some of the nicest in the country.
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Wonder if this is a nationwide thing or if DC is hit particularly hard since it's the heart of the evil empire.
Who want to go in hell?
I have it on authority of the vatican that's where all the gamblers and prostitutes go, so it sounds fun to me.
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