Trump tank economy
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Yet more data about the impact of Trump turning in US into a pariah state:
Overseas travel to the United States has declined sharply since President Donald Trump returned to office.
Industry experts say some of the reasons are plain to see: Reports of detentions and deportations, including the weeks-long lockup of European tourists, have sowed fears of bad experiences at the border. Some countries have tightened travel advisories, and Trump’s whiplash tariffs have ratcheted up international tensions.
Last month, overseas visitors fell nearly 12 percent compared with the same time last year, according to data from the International Trade Administration, an agency under the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The downturn, after a 2 percent decline year-on-year in February, is the first meaningful downturn since travel plummeted in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
If sustained, the drop could translate to billions of dollars in lost tourism revenue, industry experts project.
Some would-be travelers are nervous about the Trump administration’s policies. Others are enraged by his rhetoric. Some question their safety. The European Union has begun to issue its U.S.-bound officials burner phones, for fear of surveillance, the Financial Times reported.
“The reaction of international travelers to avoid the U.S. is entirely predictable,” said Adam Sacks, president of Tourism Economics, an industry research firm. “The combination of policy and rhetoric that has been so divisive and combative and isolationist — each successive policy and related polemics have been making the situation worse.”
The drop in visitors from certain countries and regions is especially stark. According to the International Trade Administration data, there were 17 percent fewer visitors from Western Europe in March, 24 percent fewer from Central America and 26 percent fewer from the Caribbean compared with a year ago.
Another purely self-inflicted wound applied by the nation’s Ariana Grande voters, although I suppose at least Florida will be getting some cosmic justice for inflicting Marco Rubio on us.