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Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts) Tue Jun 26, 2018, 12:02 PM Jun 2018

We need help from the world

People around the globe need to stop buying American
People around the globe need to stop visiting America

We probably can't expect much in official government action beyond tit for tat on tariffs.

But the tariffs won't matter if people just start shunning everything from america

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We need help from the world (Original Post) Fresh_Start Jun 2018 OP

sadly this is starting to happen. and sadly, it will make donnie & co angry. unblock Jun 2018 #1

already begun... handmade34 Jun 2018 #2

unblock

(52,317 posts)

1. sadly this is starting to happen. and sadly, it will make donnie & co angry.

Reply to Fresh_Start (Original post)

Tue Jun 26, 2018, 12:05 PM

Jun 2018

and sadly, they will react to that anger by doing even worse things.

handmade34

(22,757 posts)

2. already begun...

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Tue Jun 26, 2018, 12:27 PM

Jun 2018

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/tourism-u-s-down-trump-took-office-costing-4-6-n840326\

Travel to the U.S. has been on the decline ever since President Donald Trump took office, and new data from the Commerce Department shows the slump translates to a cost of $4.6 billion in lost spending and 40,000 jobs, according to an analysis by the U.S. Travel Association.

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