Anyone cancelling their trips/holidays to USA

[Petuniaspetal]

Have to be honest since trump won i wasn't going anyway. But anyone cancelling or going elsewhere?
I have a big birthday this year, I would go to the garbage dump rather than support America,/musk in any way. I know therwmis at least half of America that doesn't.support this shxt and for them I am sorry but for the republicans too spineless and self interested to resist their dictator.trump...not one iota of sympathy for the rising prices loss of Medicaid or medicare.

YABU ..to cancel/Not go
YANBU...wouldn't touch it with a bargepole

I am off to the US in November. Im not actually staying with the orange man in the White House so have no intention of cancelling.

I will never, ever buy a product owned by Elon Musk.

‘foreigners have very, very good reason not to visit the UK,’

if they’re American, let’s hope they don’t.

Maybe VZ wants to be allowed into NATO?

Wasn't it Musk who brought back internet service to Ukraine and all the equipment needed? And power adapters for cigarette lighters, solar/battery packs and generators?

Why yes, yes he did.

Anyone else struggling with my post?

Yeps still off to a booked and paid for trip to NY..

But the UK is, in most instances, recognising that there were problems, lack of safeguards, etc. But we are trying to do better.
The US has elected a leadership that, in a very short space of time, made so many people's lives so much worse - including their own zealous followers.
Health care is in danger, pregnant women can't guarantee to get any care they may need (and in a worst case scenario could be accused of procuring an abortion, if they lost their pregnancy).
Air safety has been jeopardised due to firing staff and Elon Musk insisting that his own air traffic control system should be used instead of the one that has gone through a stringent procurement process.
I could go on.
I understand that it was less than 50% of the voting population which erected Trump, but the other 60+% need to take responsibility for either not voting, or not persuading others.
The bottom line is that a reduction in tourist revenue and foreign currency will hit the USA where it hurts in the pocket. Hopefully accelerating the recession and turning popular opinion against the current 'rulers'.
It's a shame as I have been to the USA several times and would like to return, but not while Elon Musk is in charge.

Haven't watched BBC itv channel 4 in about a year....
Possibly longer.

I just booked a family holiday in the US for Easter. I'm super excited. I can't lie but I was actually MORE motivated to book due to the Golden Age of Trump. But I know that's a supremely unfashionable view on Mumsnet.

In all honestly it's rather a stupid view. Are you not even remotely concerned about what he's doing?

I wouldn’t cancel a trip already booked and paid but we are making alternative arrangements for future travel to avoid anything US related, whilst acknowledging that there are plenty of Americans who are absolutely horrified by what is going on in their country.

Luckily, the rich can pretty much go where they want because they would meet the immigration policies of pretty much any country they picked. They just need to decide what kind of weather they would like.

I would imagine they would go somewhere that the tax burden isn't so high.

I am going to Florida in October and won't be cancelling. Not sure I would have booked if current situation was happening when I booked. But won't be cancelling and looking forward to it still

I’m not cancelling as have no booking… but equally would be very disinclined to visit atm… and I have family and friends there.
some are in Vermont and very happy to see the JD Vance has been hounded out. Go Vermont!

We are using our own minds and the word is herd, not Hurd 🙄

the word is herd, not Hurd
That's what the mainstream dictionary wants you to think.

I agree, it’s also extremely unlikely that you will personally bump into Trump while on holiday 🤗

No I'm not concerned by Trump. I wanted him to win. And by and large I support everything he's done and is promising to do, with slight reservations about his views on Israel / Gaza.

I'm excited to revisit America again (haven't been there since 2019) because there is an energy and positivity about the place. Obviously Democrats and lefties are demoralised but the majority - who voted for Trump remember - feel hopeful that they now have a President who actually gives a shit about them. If only we had that here instead of virtue signalling politicians spunking our money up a wall at every opportunity before reminding us about the "Black Hole"

They certainly were under the Brexit Tories and the cr*p that came with those horrific years

We don't have an awful government. You might not like labour in power. However, we at least have normal, governing government back.

A government that can speak on the world stage and are not systematically making us look like fools and an embarrassment

Our supermarkets are actively labelling Canadian food.

@Parker231 , my Loblaws is not doing this. I am so ticked off. I'll have to check Metro and see if they do.

What, like removing women's rights, and putting you at risk of arrest if you miscarry? Like hollowing out the National Parks Service so much that much of the staggering natural beauty in the US will become threatened and inaccessible? Like making it almost impossible to get prescribed anti-depressants? Like making healthcare even less affordable for anyone who doesn't have insurance, where even a broken leg can bankrupt you? Like making it more likely that kids will get shot in schools? Like shitting all over international diplomacy and cosying up to Putin, making the world an even more unstable place? Like slapping tariffs on just about everything, so that even basic groceries shoot up in price and become unaffordable? Like letting Elon Musk make absolutely colossal cuts to government agencies, so that now there's practically no oversight or regulation of public services? Like getting rid of all equality and diversity practices, so if you're black or disabled, it's even harder to get a job than it was before?

You support all of that?

What an obnoxious human being you are.

@scatterolight You really think Trump gives a shit about anything except his own bank balance? You are deluded.

Out of genuine curiousity can you point out anything he's done since he came to power that helps the people in any tangible way? He's been busy implementing his expansionist plans on taking over countries and appeasing Putin. Other than that he's empowering Musk to gut federal agencies, and implementing tariffs that increase prices for consumers. What has he done that would make anyone think he "gives a shit" about everyday Americans?