Would you visit USA in the current climate?

That was the first approved visa which was revoked by the ICE agent because it looked "suspicious" and because of her selling hemp based products. She then went back for a second visa and got locked up.

I personally have no problem traveling over. While I am no fan of the current president and his politics it is IMO in no way indicative of the Us population as a whole.

I have a work trip to the US scheduled for next month and am taking the family to NY in the run up to Christmas. Said that, it is far too expensive for me to consider it for a proper summer vacation right now. The extreme prices in the US turn me much more off then their politics.

No real interest anymore but I enjoyed a few driving holidays there over the decades. I traveled a good bit around the world and to be honest there's loads to do and see on our doorstep in Europe. Interestingly when I first went to the US it was when Ireland was still priest infested with divorce and abortion being illegal so the US felt so liberating in comparison.

Now it feels like the US is heading to our past.

I was done for drunk driving (a motor bike) 35 years ago - presumably I'd have to disclose that on my ESTA declaration and presumably that would render me unwelcome. Not that I've any desire to go.

But how in the name of goodness can Conor McGregor manage to get in having lost a rape case? I can only assume that it's because civil cases don't count?

Yeah you can't move in NYC because of all the MAGA rallies.

Fierce bang of moral superiority/sour grapes off this thread.

I've been the the US twice (1987 & 1993)… I failed to see the attraction then and it hasn't become any more attractive now.

I'm actually considering an expensive holiday this year with my wife to celebrate retirement. Giving serious thought to Canada (with a slight hint of "Up Yours" to Trump and his MAGA policy)…

There's a huge number of places in the world that aren't the USA. Many of them are well worth a visit, so let's not get hung up on one particularly unhappy place that we see so much of on our screens.

Higher mountains in Asia and S America, bigger better deserts on every continent, great prairies all the way from Ukraine to Mongolia, fantastic cities with lots of history in Europe, Asia, N Africa. Even Mexico city, one of the world's most populous, has way more history than any in the US. We go there for three main reasons - 1. we're mesmerised by their wealth, 2. they speak English and 3. it's full of Paddies. It's easy to give it a miss, and Trump has just pointed this out to us.

The USA has been devolving into a shithole country for the last 15-20 years, and like any shithole country worth it's salt it is, in parallel and as night must follow day, developing shithole politics. This is evident in the form of the orange baboon and the conservative libertarian edgelord arsehole currently "performing" in the White House. I personally consider the place dangerous at the moment and I've been working for and with the Americans for 30 years.

If you"re travelling from Ireland, all the immigration stuff is done in the airport before you board ? You dont pass thru immigration again at the other end, so no risk of being locked up etc.

Any time Ive travelled to the US, Ive always found their immigration and customs people to be polite, but efficient. If your paperwork is in order, no problems. But they do enforce the rules - they dont do "......ah sure it will be grand......you're ok this time...".

I'm over here now... get a grip..

Do you think you're flying to the front line of Ukraine or something? We live in a backwards swamp and people are worried about the US? Lol !

If you are going on holidays, oops, vacation……have the right visa, i.e. you fill in the ESTA application and are granted it, and you have your passport, and you have nothing that is illegal over there, and you aren't working,……………………….. i.e. if you meet their entry criteria, you'll be fine.

If you are doing anything questionable, or something that skirts their rules, then there's no point whinging that they locked you up or didn't let you in.

So, to answer the OPs original question, I'd have no problem going over on a holiday. Now living there, that'd be different. No thanks.