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In reply to the discussion: Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan [View all]LetMyPeopleVote
(173,961 posts)42. 'Death knell': Internet blasts Trump for 'decimating' tourism with social media crackdown
trump is doing his best to kill tourism in the US.
The Felon-in-Chief has already cut tourism in half, now he's going to kill it altogether.
— The Web Optimist (@weboptimist.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T21:23:22.130Z
'Death knell': Internet blasts Trump for 'decimating' tourism with social media crackdown
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President Donald Trump was under fire from critics on Wednesday who accused him of killing tourism in the United States with a new policy that would require visitors to undergo social media inspections.
Under the new rule, international travelers would have to provide their social media history over the last five years, The Guardian reported.....
"If you want to ban foreign tourism, just say so. Don't demand that tourists prove they've never criticized the Dear Leader like some creepy Maoist cult. Oh, and good luck with the 2026 World Cup, or ever getting the Olympics or another international event here again," Brookings Institute fellow Jessica Riedl wrote on X.
"The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country. Yes, I said TOURISTS not immigrants. This is insane. It will DECIMATE the U.S. tourism industry," Jon Cooper, majority leader of Suffolk County legislature and former Long Island campaign chair for Barack Obama, wrote on X.
"Yeah this is the death knell for tourism. It doesnt matter if it passes or not. It scares people. And thats enough. People don't want to be scared on vacation," Gabrielle Ferry, founder of The Thurman Perry Foundation, wrote on X.
Under the new rule, international travelers would have to provide their social media history over the last five years, The Guardian reported.....
"If you want to ban foreign tourism, just say so. Don't demand that tourists prove they've never criticized the Dear Leader like some creepy Maoist cult. Oh, and good luck with the 2026 World Cup, or ever getting the Olympics or another international event here again," Brookings Institute fellow Jessica Riedl wrote on X.
"The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country. Yes, I said TOURISTS not immigrants. This is insane. It will DECIMATE the U.S. tourism industry," Jon Cooper, majority leader of Suffolk County legislature and former Long Island campaign chair for Barack Obama, wrote on X.
"Yeah this is the death knell for tourism. It doesnt matter if it passes or not. It scares people. And thats enough. People don't want to be scared on vacation," Gabrielle Ferry, founder of The Thurman Perry Foundation, wrote on X.
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Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Wednesday
OP
Thanks, I wondered about that. OF COURSE Trmp will just say it doesn't apply period and force them to prove him wrong ..
eppur_se_muova
Wednesday
#24
Wtf is a social media history- every post and fave you've made? How do you submit something like that?
Blues Heron
Wednesday
#5
If thwy so this for the WorldCup - it will be the worst attended ever and a total shit show because of krasnov.
lark
Wednesday
#10
Who wants to visit a nasty shithole controlled by a demented, deranged dictator
dalton99a
Wednesday
#12
Onerous requirements on tourists/visitors also serve to isolate Americans even more.
Solly Mack
Wednesday
#17
Plus "the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children"
muriel_volestrangler
Wednesday
#21
This is the part of the Abuser - Cult cycle where they separate you from friends and family
Prairie Gates
Wednesday
#27
Yeah, I don't get this. It is hurting his own rich pals in the tourism industry.
travelingthrulife
Wednesday
#34
"Of course for $4500 we can just overlook all the memes; welcome to the United States..."
EarthFirst
Wednesday
#38
'Death knell': Internet blasts Trump for 'decimating' tourism with social media crackdown
LetMyPeopleVote
Thursday
#42