I'm not sure it's exactly a boycott so much as "yeah I don't want to be sent to a concentration camp"
this post was submitted on 25 May 2026
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not a boycott.
if McDonald's has a new CEO, and his first move is to replace the meat with literal human shit, he can't call it a boycott...
Truth is it ia dangerous for anyone to visit the US, that isn't a boycott, it's self preservation
Yeah, I agree that boycott is really not the right way to describe what's happening here
Theyre not doing it in coordinated protest, they just dont wanna fuckin come here 😅. Can't imagine why, its like a historical reenactment, you can step back in time to when everything was worse! What a cool vacation /s
I am boycotting. I stopped going to the states in 2016, the first time they elected shit-for-brains. It’s not about safety.
Thats very fair. I don't know if its accurate to call the response at scale a boycott. I'm sure lots of people are boycotting though
they called it a boycott to shift the blame.
I'm boycotting vacations in the United States and I'm an American. I just got back from a 4-day weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Other countries deserve our vacation dollars more than ours does. Until it stops being led by children making stupid fucking decisions.
As a joke I asked a cashier at the NSLC where the bourbon was. She laughed. She knew I was fucking with her. For those not in the know, Canada boxed up all their bourbon and sent it back in retaliation to all of Trump's bullshit with tariffs and what not.
Yeah who wants to end up in a concentration camp?
And how the fuck is it only a 5.5% decline? Why are 94.5% of travelers still risking their lives?
I’m pretty sure anyone who visits to see family or similar is considered tourist, because they’d have a tourism visa. So the real percentage of I guess discretionary tourism is probably down much more than 5.5%.
Why would I risk getting arrested and held for months for no reason, maybe even deported to a concentration camp in El Salvador, while going on holiday? I could think of other less awful destinations.
Cutout the middle man and just head to el salvador
pretty sure everyone is safer visiting el Salvador on their own terms then being sent by us
Yep, considering it is one of the safest countries for tourists...
As they should. Don't be stupid, do not come to a fascist country. You have zero protections here and everything is way too fucking expensive. Is that worth jail time? Because there's a chance the racist POS goonsquad will kidnap you.
And now it's a good chance it's permanent. Twice Idiot Americans voted for this fat, bloated racist cow and honestly, tourists not visiting is only a small part of the damage and shrinkage stupid Americans have brought to the United States. Scientist are also considering leaving or not coming to the US now that's to Idiot Americans and we've had some very high profile scientists already moved to other countries and that's even more worrisome for the US.
It’s not just tourists. International conferences held in the US are seeing record low attendance.
I'm in the US, and I am kinda surprised that it's only a 5.5% decline.
So essentially for every 18 tourists we used to get, now we still get 17. That seems like a lot. I'm sure we'll drive it much lower. Ugh.
Way more than 5% where I am. Canadian tourism has dropped 80%.
I live in an area with a huge number of Canadian snowbirds in a normal year. This year there are almost none.
Is it really a boycott when the USA doesn't want people entering? There are too many stories about citizens of formerly allied countries that ended up in jail.
It's really a white nationalist minority ruining it for everyone. Here in MAGAland there are more interracial relationships and more Central Americans than I remember a decade ago.
It’s incredibly expensive here, plus you have no rights as a foreigner in this country. Stay away from the US.
A restaurant near me has been relying on a nearby foreign exchange program, basically employing all of them.
They are possibly going under due to lack of staff. My area has a low population. The foreign exchange students aren't coming this year. They're down to weekends only with a couple teenagers trying to keep it afloat.
America breaking one record after the other again 🇺🇸 🦅
The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.
THE DAILY SLOP (AS I LIKE TO CALL IT) IS TOTALLY WRONG ON THIS, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. ALL THESE PEOPLE FROM SHITHOLE CUNTRIES WANT TO COME HERE, SO MANY THAT WE CANT KEEP THEM ALL OUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER....
Don’t blame them at all. Hopefully it extends to the world cup, too.