To not want to go to USA?

Given that ICE agents can shoot a woman in the face and claim self defence, I'm in no hurry to go.

California is very anti Trump. But if you aren't white, Id avoid just in case. And the US is very very expensive at the moment, so you'll get more elsewhere.

How about Canada for mountains and cowboys if thats your DH thing?

I wouldn’t go & we have family there. I missed a big birthday in November.

The one that alarmed me the most recently was the British woman detained at her Green Card interview.

Her circumstances were so similar to mine. She was in a long term relationship with an American, doing the long distance thing at first. She went to the US for one of their regular visits and found out she was pregnant while she was there. They decided to get married, filed all the relevant legal paperwork for her change of immigration status (application for a spouse sponsored Green Card). All paperwork filed and accepted, then they showed up for the interview, took her baby from her, gave the baby to her husband and detained her.
They’d done everything right. Filed all the relevant paperwork and went through an immigration lawyer.

I feel the same way but we have booked Disney World for this year. I’m very nervous but am hoping the Disney bubble will feel different 😬

This. I’m going this year.

There’s always shit going on in the world. What exactly do you think is going to happen?

Put things in perspective.

I wouldn’t, go to Canada, it’s lovely! Like the USA but nicer, friendlier, a bit cheaper, less crowded, and they actually like us! Highly recommend flying to Vancouver and renting a car, go to Vancouver island and then up to whistler, or go across to Calgary if you fancy a trip through the mountains

I used to go to the US frequently (6+ times per year) but I’ve stopped completely since Trump’s second term. Partly because the US is so incredibly expensive for us Brits these days but mainly because Trump is batshit and I don’t want to risk being stuck there if he does something completely bonkers (like invade Greenland). There are plenty of other countries to visit.

Unless of course you are on the evergrowing list of countries.Trump has decided to ban from entering the US.
I have travelled to over 50 countries. And i've actively tried to avoid those with terrible regimes to prevent propping up those governments.

People have been prevented from entry to the US at the border, as well as been actually put in prison for a number of days because of things they have liked or commented on social media that is "anti trump". Fuck going there. There are over two hundred other countries in the world to choose from.

I do not get this attitude. Be free to travel the world. Travel is one of the many privileges we have as a result of being born in democracies.

Politics across the West are a bit crap at the moment. Self censorship, because of a dislike of a politian,
may seem like acts of protest, but it can also just shrink your life and make you less productive and less curious.

My DGD is going to NY with her school next year. She is in year 10. Trump being in power is not going to spoil her fun. She is so excited.

She broke visa rules. When going to a foreign country you need to know the rules ... no working (even for free) is one if them.

Yes I would still go to the USA.

But a close compromise may be canada? banff or jasper?

Not for moral reasons mostly ...the regime only understands money and I don't want to support tourism figures.

Why not Canada?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/i-was-a-british-tourist-trying-to-leave-america-then-i-was-detained-shackled-and-sent-to-an-immigration-detention-centre

Another one here... what scares me about this, is you get something wrong in their bureaucratic system and end up detained, shackled, no trial, No legal advice.

And this one, a journalist, who had a valid visa...

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/uk/sami-hamdi-uk-us-ice-trump-intl-hnk

I could go on...

Yea this, i know some people might thinking it is "performative" but we couldn' t support him and his admimistration.

Got plenty of friends in the USA who are no fans of Trump. Though I'd like to go one day, I wouldn't want to go there right now.

YANBU. I'd not be worried about safety, just morally I want wouldn't want to give Trump's America my tourism bucks.

Exactly -

Frequent visitor to the u.s for both work and leisure. Im going next week to AZ and CA, very much looking forward to it.

Cities are safe ? .

Nope - we go every other year on business and combine with a holiday at the moment I’ve ruled it out - zoom meetings it is . My social media and Hs too is full of anti Trump stuff and even if I delete it I’m not sure they aren’t monitoring , even though I’m no threat - just expressing an opinion . It’s also gobsmacking expensive and we go to NY or California. Makes Scandinavia look cheap- please give your lovely tourist dollar to the Canadians - much more pleasant place and less dog eat dog - better value too

I wouldn’t be able to cross the border anyway, because of my “choice words” on the current US Government and its President on social media. I’d go to Canada 🇨🇦 instead, as pp have said.

You’re conflating people who are afraid to go there and people who are not afraid but choose not to.

Yes Canada, where they offer to kill depressed or disabled people and allow Men in dresses free reign, arresting Women who complain, what’s not to love? 🙄