Unsurprisingly, Trump is hurting the American tourism industry. By making it very clear that foreigners are not welcome, foreigners seem to be getting the message and and are staying away.
The industry has a label for what's happening - The Trump Slump.
Per Elizabeth Drew of the Daily Beast:
"The drop in tourism in 2017 was precipitous, and its velocity can be
mainly attributed to one factor, what’s come to be called in the tourism
industry the Trump slump. Earlier this year, Reuters quoted
the head of a German company that specializes in trips to the United
States as saying, “Politics is not helping us.” He added that since the
price of the dollar was falling at that time, “we should have seen a
much bigger increase in demand.” The Pew Research Center Reserve found
earlier this year that a survey of ten nations showed that a favorable
opinion of the US occurred in only one country: Russia. The inescapable
fact is that Trump’s presidency has coincided with an unprecedented drop
in travel to the United States."
He attacks Europe, the European Union, NATO. He attacks China. He attacks Mexico and Canada. He attacks any country or person of color.
Trump has become the American brand - unwelcoming, racist, and stupid.
Trump is the embodiment of the Ugly American. And so now we are all Ugly Americans. Thank you my conservative friends who actually voted for this example of the worst in America. Thank you Russia for pushing him over the top to become president
At least Russia knows what they are doing - weakening American influence in the world, weakening America's faith in democracy, weakening America's meaning and mission in the world - which is to be a Shining City on a Hill, an inspiration of human rights, morality, opportunity, and decency.
And far too many conservatives know what they are doing as well - empowering white supremacy, attacking and weakening the influence of people of color, attacking and weakening the influence of women, attacking and destroying environmental, health, and workplace protections. Too sad, but too true, I am afraid.
What I don't know is what my conservative friends thought they were doing. I guess they thought they were voting for a Republican, or a conservative. But they were conned. They voted for a fascist white supremacist who also happens to have the brains of a turnip.
I hope they wake up and throw him out. Won't happen until, or unless, the Reps get very soundly trounced in the mid term elections of 2018 coming up.
Stop this nitwit.
