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[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 14 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Once he finishes logging, mining and drilling them, not many people will want to visit America's National Parks, anyway.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 6 points 7 hours ago

His ghoul squad is already scaring them off in droves. Stay clear of here everybody - America is now a fascist hell.

[–] Pendorilan@lemmy.world 22 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

That's a great way to discourage tourism dollars.

[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

as a non-american, no one really wants to go there at the moment anyway

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 0 points 7 hours ago

It's been a long moment ngl

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Yeah TBH I always figured that part of his policy impact was just a casualty but he appears to actually have it out for the tourism industry.

[–] beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 14 hours ago

I wanna be a handler!

...welcome Mr Robert Pinsky Minisky. I was sent here to pick you up from the airport on behalf of great Orange leader. Where would you like to go after we take you to your room we have meny park and a huge museum special for tourism entertainment.

Oh Costco? Mr, Robert! That's for commoners. Let me show you the place we call store. Special for tourism!

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 40 points 20 hours ago

😂😂😂 Can't pay a fee if you don't go! 🤡🤡🤡

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Well, he's certainly not going for a culture victory but I think we knew that already.

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 31 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Ditched a science victory as well. What's left? Religious? Maybe but unlikely. Domination? Even the US can't do that. Diplomatic? Not a fucking chance. So...points I guess?

[–] Buske@lemmy.world 14 points 20 hours ago

he is going for the, loot the entire house, option. Already took the gold from fort knox.

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 4 points 21 hours ago

Ditched a science victory as well. What's left? Religious? Maybe but unlikely. Domination? Even the US can't do that. Diplomatic? Not a fucking chance. So...points I guess?

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 22 hours ago

Would need to have tourist in the first place

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 79 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (28 children)

There wasn't any danger of me coming to spend my money in that third world shithole anyway.

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 164 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What foreign tourists? Nobody is gonna visit out of fear of being trafficked to some random country's prison.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Don't call it "being trafficked", call it "surprise random country visit".

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 35 points 1 day ago

cant pay if they arnt visiting in the first place.

[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm sure having to have your ID checked when visiting your own national parks won't have anything to do with ICE. This will impact Americans more than it will by costing a few extra dollars for international visitors.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Trump is just stupid. Many countries that rely on tourism do this, they have free or near free entry for citizens and ~$20-100 entry for foreigners. This helps them generate a significant portion of their annual budget.

I haven't verified these numbers, but quick searching days that roughly 14–15 million foreign tourists visit U.S. national parks each year, accounting for about 4% of total park visits. If we charge $20 per person for international visitors, that's $280–300 million annually... that's... Peanuts for the US.

I wouldn't be opposed to it at all if the fees are only used to preserve and maintain the national parks, but you know this fucker just wants to funnel the money into deep pockets.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

Orange convicted rapist/felon is a drooling geriatric baboon. Thiel and the project 2025 gang are the ones to watch.

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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago

I am sure they will have ice there ready to take anyone they please at the park gate now that they have a 50 billion dollar budget due to taking away everyone’s health care and more now that bbb bill passed. Travelling to the states would most likely be a death warrant to a significant amount of people.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 80 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He's making it easier and easier for me to not visit the shithole.

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

It's actually getting kind of hard to think of new, stupider ways to ruin the economy and raise the cost of living. Parody is getting close to being indistinguishable from reality.

  • Blanket tariffs for goods with low domestic production? Done.
  • Imprisoning laborers who do domestic farming? Yes.
  • Deporting legal, tax-paying noncitizens? Yep.
  • Pissing off citizens of countries that contribute significantly to local tourism? Indeed.
  • Asking potential tourists to pay extra for the privilege of visiting a to-be-sold-for-industrial-logging park? Why not.
  • Cutting healthcare and replacing it with a bonus for the 0.001%? Might as well!
[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 20 points 1 day ago
  • Scare away all the best and brightest of the entire world that you brought to your country to give the competitive edge in science, engineering and tech.

  • Make the business climate so uncertain that nobody wants to invest anything in research or build new facilities, except in moving their facilities out of the country

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Amazing that a hotel owner hates tourism that much.

[–] sasquash@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

dumbfuck, we are in canada. where parks are free this summer.

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[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"To fund improvements and enhanced experiences across the park system, I've just signed an executive order to raise entrance fees for foreign tourists while keeping prices low for Americans. The national parks will be about America first."

Oh thank god! After slashing over $1 billion from the nps budget and firing over 5,000 of its workers I was beginning to think this guy maybe didn't care about the national parks. What a relief!

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago

Trump, I don't need MORE reasons to not cross the border. We are already not going there....

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