Would you travel to the USA?

[Ineedcoffeenow]

Setting aside disagreement with Trump’s politics, would you travel to the USA this week (specifically NYC and Washington DC)? My concern lies with the risk of terrorism.

If I had a booking then I wouldn’t change it and would go.

Would personally not book a trip to the US whilst Trump I’d in charge though. If

Yes I would. I don’t think there’s any great danger in doing so. It’s not like we’ve been advised against travelling there is it? The risk of terrorism is no higher than it is anywhere else. If you were asking should you go to Israel or Ukraine or Iran then no.

Makes sense why you wouldn't visit. Same with the UK, if I wasn't white I'd avoid them both.

They really are. https://wttc.org/news/us-economy-set-to-lose-12-5bn-in-international-traveler-spend-this-year

No, about as appealing as North Korea/ Russia at the moment.

This is exactly what I was going to reply. And American friends have said to me that they also have no plans, unless a family emergency, to travel there whilst Trump is in office.

Yes, I'd go if I'd already paid for it and wouldn't get a refund, no question.

However I wouldn't plan on any visit until the Trump Presidency is over.

I’d be concerned about Trump closing American air space and getting stuck over there.

That is true but I am committed not to travel to the US whilst Trump is president. What happens after that depends on when I would travel there.

In your situation, I wouldn’t cancel due to worries about terrorism though, I just wouldn’t have booked in the first place.
Others have the right to do as they please, that’s my personal boundary.

We live just over the border in Canada - we’ve made a decision, along with many friends, to no longer go over the border into the US whilst Trump is President.

Y'know how people here on Planet MN can't bear how horrible it is and yet ... in the best way, life keeps going? Just like the UK (insert outrage here) keeps going, so does life the US. If anything, the social divisions in the US are stronger so if you were ok before, you're probably ok now and can see a way to work out the solutions.

As per @Amy73838 and @Ineedcoffeenow, the world keeps turning and many of the Americans, like the good people of MN, are horrified but keep being their decent, sensible, hardworking selves and that makes daily life continue to be daily life.
Likewise to @SidekickSylvia, my DD18 is going in a few weeks to visit her US rellies.

Nope

I'd probably be detained . Immigration are allegedly monitoring phones and your social media. If you've ever posted or downloaded any anti Trump , anti Israel material , you can be interrogates or refused entrance .

Oh yes I have posted anti Trump anti Israel material, so ya. Not scrubbing my social media either.

Yes.

Qatar and the Middle East, definitely no. USA, yes, although I’d travel on a British airline.

Why do you characterise this rational post as ‘crazy’ and Democrat supporting. OP is talking about the present situation and the fact that Trump is in charge. I am fairly certain that the vast majority of the world’s population think that Trump is a dangerous, irrational toddler. That’s reason enough to be reluctant to travel to the US while the US is involved in bombing. It’s got nothing whatsoever at all to do with being a Democrat supporter. This is a U.K. site. Hardly anyone on here is a supporter of any US party because they don’t vote there.

International flights to the USA have been cut by (mainly European) airlines as there are already 7-10% fewer visitors. It’s expected that will drop even further as tourists decide to book elsewhere for next year.

They are expected to lose over $10 billion dollars of tourist revenue this year. I’d say that’s fairly significant in the grand scheme of holidays.

A friend’s BIL is in the US forces in Britain. He and her DSis are not going to the US whilst Trump is president as he’s concerned that when they’re split up at immigration she might be deported.

I think there quite a bit of evidence to suggest that fewer people are visiting the US than previously. Lots of articles along these lines https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/05/28/travel-spending-us-from-overseas-tourists-to-fall-in-2025.html

Absolutely not. The reasons to avoid USA while Trump is in in charge are just piling up. I have friends in the US who are scared to leave the country in case they can’t go back. Have stopped using Facebook / messenger and are watching what they say online.

I’ve been a few times and generally like it but not at the moment.

Pretty sure that’s not what she (or he) said. It’s a strange leap of logic to even make that assumption

thank you. That’s not what I said. I said ‘this presidency’. And as has been repeatedly confirmed, I am very much not alone in this. Obviously there are intelligent, diplomatic, politically astute and thoughtful upholders of democracy who are not Democrats….but this president is not one of them.

But why? Because you disagree with his policies? I would guess spending a holiday in America, doing the sight seeing stuff, isn’t going to be any different whether a Democrat presidency or a Republican one….

We are going as a family in 2 weeks. Can't say I'm not worried. Once in a lifetime holiday (for us anyway I realise it's not everyone's dream holiday). Spent over 10k so yes we will be going if travel is safe at the time. Feel your anxiety. I am the same.