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youngtaff ◴[] No.44391990[source]
It’s not just tariffs that are the issue… quite a few people from other countries have stopped coming to the US and are avoiding buying US products where possible
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1. quitit ◴[] No.44392701[source]
On avoiding travel: One doesn't have to make a principled decision, it's entirely rational to avoid travel to the USA.

There's a growing body of holiday makers with neither a criminal record nor evidence of carrying a banned substance, who have been turned away from the USA for nothing more than the vibes of the CBP. In some cases these people were strip searched and thrown into federal prison without any kind of evidence and no wrongdoing whatsoever.

An informed person would be right in holidaying elsewhere, otherwise it's a gamble if they will lose the money paid for their holiday and flights.

On avoiding business with the USA: The tariffs and their mercurial changes create a type of instability where a USA-based vendor, at random, may no longer be able to fulfil their contract. It's incredibly damaging for our American partners.

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2. andrekandre ◴[] No.44396192[source]

  >  For the first time in my life, I have seriously started to consider moving me and my wife to a different country, which I hope I don't have to do but I am genuinely scared that they're going to detain my Mexican-immigrant wife.
from the rhetoric i reckon thats the implicit goal of all these policies in the end; just make things so chaotic and stressful people stop emigrating/naturalizing...