I'm with you. I started boycotting tourism (and shopping) travel to the US when they re-elected Bush.

I drove through the US a few times to save hours of driving when Obama was president, but otherwise I haven't been south of the border in over 2 decades.

The Republican Apparatus is the problem, and Trump is one of many symptoms. As much as it will be painful in the short term, I have high hopes for the end of American hegemony. It's been a long time coming.

Absolutely agree with you on the fact that America's problems don't start nor end with Trump, and there's a lot beyond that, that needs to be done for the world to lend its trust back to it. I've said my piece on that within this comment.

I'm just being realistic and thinking ahead of time with what can temporarily suspend or fully call off my boycott. There's a long list of things I need to see before I would even consider incorporating the USA back into my vacation plans. There's a shorter list keeping me from stepping foot there whatsoever.

Even if absolutely nothing else changes, Seattle will be out in the streets celebrating like crazy. It's one of the few events I'm willing to break my boycott just for a night to share the joy, before I go back to boycotting again.

ETA: I went to the USA last at the start of 2025 before Trump took office so I could get one last look of a pre-Trump2 baseline... going for a day can give me a another snapshot before things go from bad to worse, if what you're predicting pans out, or better if Americans manage to clean house with a Reconstruction 2.

There is at least one craft microbrewery in almost every medium sized city in Canada, there's so much to try.