Trump signs executive order calling for foreign tourists to pay higher national park fees
Trump signs executive order calling for foreign tourists to pay higher national park fees
He's making it easier and easier for me to not visit the shithole.
Yo I live in this shithole give me a few years and we’ll hopefully see you then.
Am in the shithole, let me know if you need people to defend you against it.
There wasn't any danger of me coming to spend my money in that third world shithole anyway.
Where do you live?
I won’t ever visit that shithole of a country either. I live 9 ranks above the US according to the UN Human Development Index, although I’m sure that gap will widen with president Cheeto at the helm.
I live in Canada.
I will never again visit that shithole country called the United States of America.
I live in a country that so far has not started shipping their citizens to El Salvador with 0 due process and the majority not having any record. I live in a country that is not so far building Alligator Auschwitz which government officials are suggesting feeding all the immigrants to the alligators.
I have a lot more examples if you would like me to post them…
Well, he's certainly not going for a culture victory but I think we knew that already.
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?
he is going for the, loot the entire house, option. Already took the gold from fort knox.
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?
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.
I’m just waiting for the economy to catch up and trigger the next Great Depression
It may be the Greatest Depression. People are saying they have never seen a bigger Depression.
dumbfuck, we are in canada. where parks are free this summer.
Because there's a contract dispute with the foreign agency contracted to manage our parks.
Which happened after severe cuts about 2 decades ago.
Don't act all proud.
Why shouldn't they? National Parks are free. For everyone.
The reason is irrelevant to the statement.
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.
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.
Which countries charges $20-100 for visiting an equivalent of a national park or museum? Not questioning you, but curious.
There are places that charges a tourist tax that is for everyone not living there and paid through the hotel or tourist apartment.
Orange convicted rapist/felon is a drooling geriatric baboon. Thiel and the project 2025 gang are the ones to watch.
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.
😂😂😂 Can't pay a fee if you don't go! 🤡🤡🤡
cant pay if they arnt visiting in the first place.
"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!
He literally has no concept of making this nation one where others are envious of it. Instead it's just grift, grift, grift.
Trump, I don't need MORE reasons to not cross the border. We are already not going there....
Would need to have tourist in the first place
That's a great way to discourage tourism dollars.
as a non-american, no one really wants to go there at the moment anyway
It's been a long moment ngl
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.
Amazing that a hotel owner hates tourism that much.
So, you see, the kidnapping and human trafficking is part of the luxury package, so obviously that comes with additional fees, etc..
Once he finishes logging, mining and drilling them, not many people will want to visit America's National Parks, anyway.
His ghoul squad is already scaring them off in droves. Stay clear of here everybody - America is now a fascist hell.
Newsflash: tourists avoid fascist countries.
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!
Fuck the U. S. A. Hey ICE: fuck you! Suck my cock. You dirty cocksuckers.
Wow, a whole $90 million. That will certainly offset all these tax cuts!
You just aren't thinking big picture. This will need time to play out. $90 million over 50,000 years and those tax cuts are gone! Be patient.
Old Faithful will be shooting blanks and we're charging $150 (not adjusted for inflation) per vehicle
I don't see how this is meant to ensure the law is fairly governed, nor where the constitution or legislature told the president that they could change pricing for parks. It isn't pertaining to war, and it's a pretty damn hard to see how this pertains to international affairs.
Everyone in the government has to know this executive order shouldn't exist. Wish the Supreme Court had the integrity to just vet every executive order and suspend all of them that could be overreach upon being placed until they are reviewed.
Wut.
What foreign tourists? Nobody is gonna visit out of fear of being trafficked to some random country's prison.
Don't call it "being trafficked", call it "surprise random country visit".
Random Gator visit. We don’t deport, we want the workers. That’s the plan. Slaves.
Could just be a way to make it so that if you do anything anywhere you'll have to ID knowing full well there's no foreigners visiting
or the alligator alcatraz in the everglades.