Out of the top 10 busiest airports 6 are in democratic states and/or cities. Out of the top 5 international airports 3 of them are in democratic states and/or cities. If he did this it would literally grind our entire country to a halt.
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I remember when everyone laughed at Ron Paul saying that the border wall will be used to "keep us in".
Seems right on target now.
Remember, he needs a civil war to try to extend his term and avoid prison
Everyone looks at me funny when I tell them that I’m not traveling to other countries anymore because I don’t know if the president is going to do some stupid shit while I’m away and I won’t be able to get home and this is like the third stupid thing he’s done that would cause people to be stranded in another country in the 1.3 years of this term. (Not that I want to come back anyway, but I’d like to be able to move my dogs if I’m going to be living in another country.)
This is my dream. Get stranded somewhere in the UK. Contribute to a society that isn’t completely soul sucking.
I know it ain’t perfect, but what is🤷♂️
Isn't UK like the second worst option in the so-called western world?
I mean better than the US, but try and get stuck anywhere else in western Europe and you'll probably be better off
UK is USA's twin in almost every sense. The only difference is that UK isn't led by a far right, but it is on the verge of happening.
I remember how he basically gave the middle finger to people in the middle east when he started his war in Iran, but what were the other 2 again?
They're gonna do something last minute before the World Cup because they think that will punish blue states...
All it's going to do is make the internationally wealthy who are flying in pissed off at trump.
Like, even for the World Cup, most people wouldn't come to America even if they could afford tickets. The only ones coming are trumpets or people so wealthy they didn't think Trump's bullshit would effect them.
But they don't realize in this context even millionaires are "the poors".
This whole thing is gonna blow up in everyone's face. And since only the wealthy and stupid are going to the games, I'm fine with just letting that happen. No rational person is going within miles of any of the games.
They sort of tried this once already, by threatening to suspend TSA Precheck during the shutdown, even though Precheck does legitimately save time all around for everyone. They backed off of that pretty quickly.
What’s up with billionaires and getting inside shit that is bound to implode? Do they know something we don’t, about implosion?
What’s up with billionaires and getting inside shit that is bound to implode?
Survivorship bias, and it's fucking our society up in a lot of ways.
We're built to ignore negative consequences if we never see them happen to anyone. So when society (for better or worse) prevents consequences, people think there's no consequences and start acting like it.
Lots of people who are very wealthy in their home countries think they are insulated by their wealth from the consequences of what's happening here. So they're gonna show up expecting to be part of the in-group cuz they're wealthy.
“They won’t let me do whatever I want so waaah! WAAAH!!! I’m not going to do anything I’m supposed to do until I get my way! WAAAH!!!”
-A diaper-wearing child
This is some bullshit. Airport infrastructure can't just absorb the shutdown of several major international airports. That is to say that Trump can't hurt some airports without hurting all of them.
It can, when the numbers of international visitors continue to drop. Why should any sane person visit the US under the current Nazi administration?
No, it allows them to ratchet up the prices. Say there are 100 rich travellers & 900 poor travellers distributed among 10 airports, and each airport can support 100 people. The remaining airport can raise its prices to price out the poors until only the rich travellers can afford it, allowing it to operate at capacity while securing a higher profit. Obviously this is awful for us, but it's not a problem for the airport.
Of course, this assumes that they would be willing to fly normal seats, I guess they might not? Presumably there are luxury planes you could use or something.
And you think the orange cares about that?
And you think he possess the intelligence to even understand that concept?
I hope they do Houston, our mayor insists that cooperation with ICE keeps us safe from Trump's wrath but he's wrong.
Its as stupid as it will be ineffective. I don't think NYC is going to suffer as much as everyone else if people have to take connecting domestic flights from some red backwater. Its just stacking stupid on cost at this point.
The plans could potentially impact
Double maybe 😐
And “drawing up” in quotes, so they're not really drawing up anything; some MAGA dickhead (not excluding the ladies here) just blurted something out.
Don't get me wrong, shit's fucked up, but reporting their bragging & triggering as actual news leaves me unimpressed.
Hah, they think they can make flying through Newark shittier than it already is?
Trump wants to provoke people so he can declare civil war and make himself el presidente` for life.
So he'll continue to ruin everything until he provokes the response he needs.
He really just wants to kill the economy and tourism, huh?
It's not like there aren't millions of average white collar workers worldwide who have to travel to Big Blue Cities for conferences because that's where all the major businesses are.
Nobody is flying to fucking Jackson or Biloxi in Mississippi for fucking conferences and business deals.
It's going to be aimed at places like NYC, LA, Seattle, Boston, and Portland. It's going to cripple international business and tourism. And like always it won't do a damn thing to help red states.
Chudservatives will always cut off the noses to spite the face
None of the right wing's grievance politics are about helping anyone, including redcaps.
I just saw some dipshit winger bitching about what California is doing for inmates - "they are giving them tablets!"
Just what the fuck any of their California Derangement Syndrome is supposed to do for redcaps? Who the hell knows.
All this nonsense is some kayfabe bullshit for dumbasses to think they "owned the libs". Meanwhile, the rich Epstein Class get even richer and the people cheering this nonsense on the hardest are probably still living in trailers, getting priced out of food and health care and any decent life.
And predictably the “state’s rights, small government” people will be silent on this
You know, all the cities that people actually give a damn to visit from other countries.
They aren't gonna see this and go "Guess I'm riding to Mobile Alabama International"
They're just not gonna come to the US at all. No tourism dollars.
Imagine you get on a flight to New York and you end up in Texas. How fucked up is this how is this legal.
worthless traitor cunt
People not from the US should KNOW BETTER than to travel to one of the shithole red states. The dumb bitch is trying to hurt blue states economies, even though we prop up the red shitholes...
So, um, what happened to the impeachment bill from early april? Still trickling down to the Judiciary comittee? I feel like it didn't take this long for Clinton's impeachment hearing...
Okay, so what will they have left? What international flight ports are located in predominantly red areas?




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