Would you visit USA in the current climate?

first ive heard of it, and possible the same for all others, not all incidents make it onto media sources

Planning my 2026 trip at the moment.

Where were all the gung ho gun heroes who claim the answer to a bad guy with a gun (or knife in this case) is more good guys with guns? It just goes to show how hollow their argument is.

heard a similar story, a significant recession could be on the cards for the us next year

had a opportunity to go years ago, glad i turned it down, that level of destitute is disgusting, and an economy based on exploiting it, is just disturbing

I think it's worth visiting once just to understand how god awfully hollow it is. As the Elvis song Viva Los Vegas says "if you see it once you'll never be the same again."

At least you can walk up and down the strip to look at all the naff casinos with the mini Eiffel Tower, Pyramid, etc… but once you've done that there's nothing else. It really is where brain cells go to die before the body expires in Florida.

I used it as a base for road trips like Grand Canyon but if I were planning road trips in that part of the country I'd avoid it.

just cancelled our December trip to NY and Florida - going to go to Italy instead. While I’ve always loved NY and try to get there every year myself and the family just decided to give it a miss this year - and that decision is purely around the political atmosphere there at the moment.

Agree. Its nothing special. Very fake.

The difference now is the mask is off, the current president muses about genocide to make way for a holiday resort in Gaza.

I have one US relative ask me "why don't those Gazans go back to where they came from?" like they were illegal Mexicans.

I lived in the US when the troubles were still ongoing in Ireland and their news reports would give only the slightest shorthand of the issue.

The western US led order is dead.

I personally wouldn't go back there right now but with the exchange rate at the moment and cheap flights I would still say it's a good time for a driving holiday, especially those mid west scenic routes.