Nor will it guarantee ICE will not randomly incarcerate tourists (they already have). I traveled through Check Point Charlie, Berlin Wall, and I was safer than a tourist coming from Germany to the US right now.
Here in RI there is still detained a NH resident with a German green card, Fabian Schmidt,
Since March 7th who as far as
I know, has not been charged
With anything
Trump's Gestapo is shaming us in front of the world. ICE must be disbanded. The tourist trades are in ruin, tariffs are destroying the economy, foreign policies are in disarray. Putin is smiling ear to ear right now. I guess that is Trump's plan.
The rest of the democratic world ought to put travel restrictions on Trump, Musk, MAGA cabinet members/advisors, etc, & their entire families (spouses/children) & close their embassies, pending the removal of Trump from office. Let's see how they like leg irons & cuffs if they try to skirt this.
Canada is already, and rightfully so, putting a huge dent in the US tourism industry. Europeans coming here will also have a big effect. Maybe the trump hotels will get hit with the downturn. Oh, wait, he'll just fill them up with secret service and Saudi dignitaries so no harm no foul...
We also can't guarantee they won't be detained indefinitely, stripped naked, interrogated, and sent to El Salvador. We're really not in a good place right now and anyone transiting into or out of the country right now is taking a risk.
It really is. I'm an American living in Canada. I have only been FKD with by USCBP once. Bus full of women headed to DC in Jan 2017. Detained for several hours but we still made it in time! There were several US citizens on the bus. Assholes. They put us in a FKN cage and locked us in.
"I doubt many people in the U.S. realize what a geopolitical earthquake just happened in Germany. They didn’t pass legislation; they changed the constitution (or will have, assuming the upper house goes along) to lift the “debt brake” on a trillion euros of defense and infrastructure spending. "
That was Paul Krugman!
Is the Sleeping Giant Awakening?
Europe is a superpower, if it wants to be
Paul Krugman
Mar 21, 2025
Upper House in Germany approves.
If Europe wakes up - I see good for US - to get away from sinkhole like Putin under Russia.
“visas and entry waivers don't guarantee entry for German citizens” … or assurance they won’t be illegally arrested and held in inhumane ICE conditions.
I think all foreign traffic to the US should stop. That kind of abrupt halt in tourism spending nationwide will really show this administration exactly what allies are for. Be like Canada.
I'd be more worried about the prospects for getting back out! Not getting let in would save you a possible trauma! Stay away, the US is currently not safe!
Trump has alienated Canada, Panama, Greenland and Denmark. He has initiated a brain drain by targeting foreign academics. He has discouraged tourism because of fear of deportation or non-entry. He is isolating America in order to go full on to a dictatorship.
Their fans of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund should plan on watching FIFA club World Cup games at home. Same for all German (and really any European fans next summer).
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We are under destruction.
Since March 7th who as far as
I know, has not been charged
With anything
https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3lkqa6azt7s2h
Is the Sleeping Giant Awakening?
Europe is a superpower, if it wants to be
Paul Krugman
Mar 21, 2025
Upper House in Germany approves.
If Europe wakes up - I see good for US - to get away from sinkhole like Putin under Russia.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/german-parliaments-upper-house-final-approval-huge-defense-120015540