Absolute garbage, horrible for our tourism industry, but as an American what am I supposed to say to people? "This isn't us"? It's not me, it's not millions of other Americans, but it absolutely is our government right now. It is us. Don't come. Hopefully we can fix it and welcome you back later. - ThreadSky

maxkennerly.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Absolute garbage, horrible for our tourism industry, but as an American what am I supposed to say to people? "This isn't us"?

It's not me, it's not millions of other Americans, but it absolutely is our government right now. It is us. Don't come. Hopefully we can fix it and welcome you back later.

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Two backpacking German teenagers who had obtained ESTA approval from DHS were detained by CBP at the Honolulu airport, strip searched, jailed overnight, and ultimately deported to Japan because immigration officials weren’t satisfied with their lodging arrangements. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha...

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bealljs.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s right. Don’t come here until MAGA is history.

blakestacey.bsky.social•1 day ago

It *is* us. It's (the worst of) who we've always been.

cppilgram.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's at the point now where, if asked whether visiting my country is safe, I couldn't ethically tell ANYONE "yes".

coffeeanyone.bsky.social•1 day ago

Common man.
69% of you folks lost.

Who knows what the 36% wanted as cowards they are as well. Usa shat the bed.

I live in Hanoi and have registered to vote at the Canada embassy

codemistress.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is us...people need to understand there is no distance.

philstr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Problem is, you may change the administration, but the CBP personnel doing this will not change, and they've been assholes long before Trump came to power.

There would need to be wholesale changes to the CBP before I would even think of crossing the border.

nocatsnomasters.bsky.social•1 day ago

I have trouble imaging any remotely plausible change of power to a Democratic administration that will do the housecleaning on not just CBP, not just ICE, but the entire rotten DHS. DHS was misbegotten from the start and needs to be burned to sere and something new built in its place.

mudbungie.bsky.social•1 day ago

DHS didn't exist until 2003. It's been a nightmare of an experiment and we could just end it.

pirate33.bsky.social•1 day ago

This damage is going to take a generation to repair.You'd think someone who made his name in real estate and hotels would have better instincts about the value of tourism, and yet...

wallawalter.bsky.social•1 day ago

It is a sad indictment of the US that it allowed decades of lying rightwing media to poison so many minds that they voted for a fascist over two issues that don't affect them at all, abortion and immigration. Now the fascist is destroying everything, but their minds are so poisoned they don't care.

cornellmom.bsky.social•1 day ago

No words. 😶

freshhotcoffee27.bsky.social•1 day ago

What is the point of any of this? Strip searching two young women who pose zero threat to the United States? Putting them in handcuffs, incarcerating and sending them to Japan? wtf is that?

Sending people who are guilty of nothing to El Salvador?

mstriplewillows.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes… To exactly WHAT purpose?

jagsaysstupid.bsky.social•1 day ago

ac12345.bsky.social•1 day ago

@raskin.house.gov @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov Please do shadow immigration hearing re: 1. Legal abuses. 2. Human costs. 3. Econ costs, including a) Immigrants are taxpayers who drive economy, b) Foreign students/faculty power universities and ingenuity, and c) No Tourists will come here.

realfinney.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tbh, I don't think you get a re-do on this. For the rest of the world the US is distant and pricey. Once the vibes are off, they probably stay off.

danp2078r.bsky.social•1 day ago

So embarrassing....😔

tauriq.bsky.social•1 day ago

Max, who is benefitting from such aggressive policies?

ianbobmorris.bsky.social•19 hours ago

This isn't a very large amount of Americans including but it is a chunk of them

orlamccool.bsky.social•1 day ago

In western Canada we have California and Washington State asking us to come back. Well that's fine and we know not all of you voted for this [waves hands around], but, do I want to be detained for who knows how long, questioned, searched, have my devices searched and then be banned from entry? No.

rachelpowers.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don’t forcibly strip-search guests to my home, but **the Trump Administration reserves the privilege for any and all tourists.**

Stay away, folks. So many of us are so sorry, and will keep voting, agitating and fighting against these abominations.

wilton4000.bsky.social•1 day ago

More Americans work in tourism than manufacturing. They seem to be rushing towards stagflation.

jamielynnc.bsky.social•1 day ago

I would certainly not encourage friends in other countries to visit this authoritarian shithole right now.

oxahath.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't even encourage people to leave on a two-way trip out of the country right now. Particularly if you're trans, or non-white, or a woman or even just someone who posts a little too loudly about how much Trump sucks.

If you fall into those groups, any trips across the boarders should be one-way

jamielynnc.bsky.social•1 day ago

You aren't wrong but also I just booked a trip abroad — I will not stop living my life because of these fucking Nazis.

I will, however, be very careful about what I bring with me, wipe any electronics before traveling, and have a lawyer on call and ready with a habeas petition. 💁🏼‍♀️

lilymarswrites.bsky.social•1 day ago

I live in Europe and I am definitely discouraging friends from visiting. I've cancelled my own travel plans as well.

tulycat.bsky.social•1 day ago

At least I'm hearing less of the "this isn't who we are" delusional nonsense. It's not who a lot of us want to be, but it's who a lot of us are.

mister914.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don't worry, tourism is only a $2 trillion industry.

sdotts.bsky.social•1 day ago

Like Bob Dylan said “couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game.”

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