[ThatMedicIsASpy]

America can't be trusted since the patriot act - the day I said to myself I'll never visit.

And I can't trust my gov to grow some balls and say we will no longer negotiate with a senile old child raping man baby.

I can't even trust any company having their workers include or upload my data to a free AI model.

[msm_]

>the day I said to myself I'll never visit

The US is a big and beautiful country. I also dislike contemporary US politics, but don't deny yourself the experience of ever traveling there out of spite.

[ThatMedicIsASpy]

The world has better places to offer. The past 20 years have only reinforced my stance no need to try.

My friends experiences visiting family (before Trump) have confirmed them multiple times. Imagine visiting family as a 17 year old German and then being questioned for 11 hours because you don't know the exact street where the family lives. While the relative is waiting at the airport without any kind of information.

[BrandoElFollito]

I traveled yo the US maybe 50 times, for different reasons (from Europe or Asia).

I never felt welcome. The only country I felt the same was Russia, and to some much smaller extent - China.