I know I am being wildly unreasonable about DD’s New York trip but I need people to tell me I am

Ahh right, thanks. I briefly wondered that, but it didn’t make sense.

You don't have to be near Greenland to be affected by the US potentially disbanding NATO to annexe it. If that happens when you're in the US you're in a country that has effectively just declared war on your own. Not to worry you op sorry 😂. I don't think this will happen, fingers crossed anyway.

I for one am shocked that supporters of a foreign head of state who has essentially invaded several of his own cities would have trouble expressing themselves civilly.

I think I speak for all of us when I say that I have never encountered this behavior among the far-right before.

The only thing she needs to be seriously careful about is does she have a work visa or Esta?
People used to go to the USA on Estas for work meetings (and I think technically you can) but recently even some British people have been being rejected for that. One company I know sent out an email telling employees to say they are on holidays after one lot got sent back on the next flight home after mentioning ‘work’

How would either of those places affect her thousands or miles away? She’s closer in the UK!
Iran aren’t about to send troops to NYC

It's implying that poster is a Russian bot.

Why would those things impact her in NYC?

Unless she’s an influencer posting anti-American videos on social media and her “work trip” is to join ICE protesters, then she will be fine.

Everyone asking why poster is worried about daughter travelling to the US as though everything we’ve been seeing happening over there is simply a figment of our imaginations or if indeed NYC isn’t a part of the US. I’d be worried , too, if that was my child going there.

Dd is going in March. It hadn’t crossed my mind to worry and now I’ve thought about it I still won’t worry. I’m sure that NY for tourists is as safe as any large city.

What does ‘what is the weather like in Moscow?’ mean? Never heard that before - and have Googled it too, but no dice.

I just don’t really understand why you’re posting though, apart from if it’s to mention the cashmere socks and your implicit opposition to Trump.

What I do understand though is if you’re posting with the general worry that family members have for each other and that parents have for their kids - especially when they’re on holiday.

But it doesn’t sound like that. You’ve said here you’re worried about “the possibility of an escalation of international tension around Greenland and/or Iran.” Your DD won’t be in Greenland or Iran. She’ll be in NYC, likely shuttling between an office, a hotel and a restaurant. Those are genuinely the safest places for her to be. And your DD’s work will make 100% sure she is safe.

Lol, what's the weather like in Moscow?

Twit.

I am mixed race and I think the OP is unduly nervous. I agree that the US is more volatile than it has been in previous years. I also think that the media is very fond of whipping up terror in order to drive clicks.

Indeed. DS wants to go as they can see the Ethiad stadium from the labs, so increasingly likely he will not be rushing home to see mummy at the weekends. I shall be a basket case by the time he gets home at the end of each term. LOL

I do think it is normal to worry even when our children are adults - we are used to having so much input and control and suddenly we have no influence on keeping them safe. It’s a learning curve. Just when you think you’ve let go they head off backpacking in Thailand, or decide to emigrate to Australia! Worrying about them is a hard habit to break. And, yes, this tends to happen when mothers are going through the perimenopause so hormones are playing havoc too!

Also, Manchester middle class? Have they told the locals?

Yes and peri does of course exist the clue is in the name peri/around the menopause so anyone over 40 will be in peri as hormones deplete before dropping off a cliff causing all kinds of issues.

The pp must be a man or a hapless 30yr old .

I get the anxiety but she will be fine. Especially if white British.

I wouldn’t go to the us right now if you paid me but not because of safety concerns. Mostly cos I wouldn’t want any of my cash going towards the us government in taxes and don’t want to be seen to support that orange maniac in any way.

I don't think anywhere is safe, jihadis and other bad people are all over regardless of the friendly locals.

All we can all do is live our lives and hope for the best.

I agree. I was once there in January and I went to a Broadway matinee solely to stop my face freezing off.

Yes, Liverpool uni does sound like a great place. My DNiece is there and is loving it.

I feel completely safe in NY. But it’s bitingly cold in Jan, that’d be my only concern.

Liverpool is safer than Manchester in my view (I live close to the latter) - it’s friendlier and feels safer. And that’s in relative terms, as both are completely fine.