International travel plans with all these politics going on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People have been gnashing teeth like this since my study abroad in 2003, and it’s been nonsense the whole time.

Nope it is different this time

When the hell has a President of the US ever supported Putin over the rest of the world???
When the hell has a President of the US only cared about enriching himself???

We are not making any non-refundable travel plans right now.

It's unusual for an American president to threaten NATO. Has never happened before.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Asia is good. They're far removed from Latin American problems and culturally aren't in-your-face criticizers.

If you book for Greenland, who knows, you might find yourself on US soil by the time summer rolls around

"Asia" is broad. OP should probably skip North Korea, and perhaps China and even Myanmar.

Plus there’s always the danger that China will invade Taiwan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Asia is good. They're far removed from Latin American problems and culturally aren't in-your-face criticizers.

If you book for Greenland, who knows, you might find yourself on US soil by the time summer rolls around

Really? China has a lot of interests in Venezuela.

[Anonymous]

What do you think about travel to central/Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are going to Hawaii this summer and should be fine.

Yes, Americans are pretty well received in America.

lol. Who knows how long that will last…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you think about travel to central/Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia?

Poland has been one of the safest places in Europe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People have been gnashing teeth like this since my study abroad in 2003, and it’s been nonsense the whole time.

Nope it is different this time

When the hell has a President of the US ever supported Putin over the rest of the world???
When the hell has a President of the US only cared about enriching himself???

We are not making any non-refundable travel plans right now.

It's unusual for an American president to threaten NATO. Has never happened before.

Same.

We have traveled all of the world. I have never been worried until now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think about travel to central/Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia?

Poland has been one of the safest places in Europe.

Do you not read?
Do you not understand Putin's plans with Trump?
WTH is wrong with your brain?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have a big vacation to Europein a couple months and have mixed feelings on the trip. I haven’t been abroad in about two years. Not sure what the sentiment is toward Americans? I’m sure with everything Trump has done and said he’s going to do, and now Venezuela, I can’t imagine Americans being viewed favorably. Even though I didn’t vote for Trump and this madness, I feel dirty, I feel complicit.

I don’t really care about my vacation. I care more about our country and hopefully some of our elected leaders finally standing up to the bully.

Nobody cares about you personally as an American right now. If you met someone who is Saudi would you blame them for what MBS does? Probably not. We went outside the US this summer and everyone was very nice.

PP, here. You’re right, that personally nobody cares about me when I travel abroad. It doesn’t change the fact that I’m embarrassed and ashamed of my country. We were never perfect, but I always thought of us as one of the good guys.

And what makes us "one of the bad guys"?

Haven’t been watching the news the last couple weeks????

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People have been gnashing teeth like this since my study abroad in 2003, and it’s been nonsense the whole time.

Meh. I feel like back then (Iraq, etc) people were critical of USA policies but not Americans. This is a whole different ballgame. And the only people who don’t think so are MAGA. Trump is going after allies. He is basically giving the middle finger to NATO. It’s so not the same. I think for now most people pity Americans but that might change once consequences of this new world order emerge in other countries.

I’m not sure how old you were and how extensively you traveled in Europe at the time but there was definitely anti-American sentiment then, and it was pretty generalized and uncomfortable. This was when we renamed French fries into Freedom fries and such things.

More recently there has been actually a much kinder, friendlier reception! Some see it as generally crazy times we live in, some feel very sorry for us, and yet others sympathize with the political right (right parties are gaining traction and are in charge now in several countries, as many countries have been dealing with rapid large scale immigration, terror attacks…).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think about travel to central/Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia?

Poland has been one of the safest places in Europe.

Do you not read?
Do you not understand Putin's plans with Trump?
WTH is wrong with your brain?

WTH is wrong with yours?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We were just in Germany. It was fine.

You can not be this stupid.

NP
Why?

[Anonymous]

Headed to England soon and not worried at all. Traveled pretty extensively this Presidency and last and never had any issues. Not particularly proud of being an American atm, but not going to stop it from letting me live my life.

Any time I've seen anti American sentiment, it's had nothing to do with politics. It comes down to their own behavior. Being loud, not following the social norms of where they are, being disruptive, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you think about travel to central/Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia?

So, I currently live in one of those countries. I’m not sure if the question is more geared towards safety or treatment as an American tourist? On the first point, we have not had any safety issues. Are locals wary of Putin and disgusted with the war in Ukraine? Of course. But there is no feeling of an imminent threat and in this day and age, there is not going to be some surprise attack should Putin go that route.

To the second issue, for months since the election I cringed when I told people I was American. But people are surprisingly not into talking about politics, especially American politics. Actually the only people that brought it up are Canadian expats, lol. I haven’t felt any outward hostility.

As with any big international trips, it pays to have travel insurance just in case. It’s such a great region to explore!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think about travel to central/Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia?

Poland has been one of the safest places in Europe.

Do you not read?
Do you not understand Putin's plans with Trump?
WTH is wrong with your brain?

Are Putin and Trump planning to partition Poland or something? If you have intel please share, because your comments are otherwise puzzling.