I thought I saw an article in BBC News that many people in other countries who could travel to the U.S. are choosing to go elsewhere. For example, a British professor who received a travel grant decided to use it to travel to a conference not in the U.S. In addition, travel to the U.S. supposedly is down. Is this seasonal or because of Trump.
Trump’s travel ban is having an effect on doctors for small towns. See https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/us/doctor-shortage-visa-policy.html. Many of these small towns depend on foreign doctors because many U.S. doctors aren’t interested in working in low-paying areas.
I wonder how much people leaving the U.S. and people not considering can put a crimp in the support of Trump.
What if all those U.S. residents who are foreign-born decided to go elsewhere? I have many foreign-born friends, some who are also citizens. I would not like to see them leave. But as with the doctors, if large numbers of engineers, professors, programmers moved outside the U.S., would the U.S. economy be hurt enough to get many of Trump’s enablers to abandon him?
What if large numbers of temporary visitors decided to go elsewhere? Would the travel industry feel it enough to complain to politicians.
If this came to pass, I know who Trump would blame: me.
Actually probably not me, but I’m sure he would find lots of scapegoats other than himself.
An additional thought along these lines. How much do U.S. travelers enable other anti-democratic leaders? Could a large enough boycott have an effect on these leaders, or would their countries become another North Korea?
