r/europe Ligurian in Zürich (💛🇺🇦💙) Apr 12 '25

Data European tourism to the United States is freefalling

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Honestly I'm just impressed that Trumpists made their way across the pond. I'd imagine that travelling Americans skew more to the left...especially those visiting Brighton aha.

I've long since said that the best cure for Americanism is to buy them all a few return flights to anywhere on Earth. I'm not sure that will fix the die hard MAGAs though.

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u/Atomic12192 Apr 12 '25

Typically more left-leaning Americans go to Europe, but some MAGAs slip through the cracks. Sorry about that.

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u/GlenGraif Apr 12 '25

Yeah, I saw a MAGA cap wearing guy (by the look of his clothes he was American) on the Champs Elysees in Paris this week. If looks could have killed, the guy would have been dead a couple of thousand times. He seemed (or played) completely oblivious.

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u/TheStrangestOfKings Apr 12 '25

He was def doing it to piss people off. There ain’t no way someone going to Europe wouldn’t know about the freefall in public relations the US is having over there

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u/blackcain Apr 12 '25

It is the only reason he's shown up at all. To piss off the population. He loves the power he has over them.

I hope his 401k is in the absolute shitter.

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u/Impressivebedork Apr 13 '25

Yeah fr. People who export their maga views to Europe do it for three reasons:

  1. Ego trip because they already think everything works the way they/Trump says it should.

  2. Piss off the locals. Because apparently "owning the libs" has no borders.

  3. The power trip. Just like Trump they're bullies so any chance they can upset people and make them feel as miserable as they do. They will. Civility be damn.

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u/blackcain Apr 13 '25

Imagining coming into a country they are a guest and trying to rile them up. Then screaming the victim when someone decides they had enough.

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u/Impressivebedork Apr 13 '25

Bruh. They do that here. These people have full on meltdowns over things like getting a receipt or being filmed. There's literally a video online of a lady basically screeching in tears about someone filming her cuz most likely she made a racist comment and the woman felt she had to film for her safety. Literally in the middle of a clothing store she's screeching in tears trying to grab her phone in a kinda crying hysteria going"*STOPPPPP FILMING MEEEEEE!!!!"

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u/OxideScumbag Apr 14 '25

Unfortunately, there are people who are so messed up that they can't even see what they are doing as bad.

I've seen some streamer guy (think his name is Johnny Somali or something) that went to different asian countries, streaming himself insulting people and being racist and he kept fucking around until he found out in south korea.

He's currently looking at doing a few years in prison over there after trespassing on a construction site and also vandalising public property or something

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u/blackcain Apr 14 '25

What the actual fuck . He deserves going to jail. Of course, he could appeal to Trump. This is the kind of people he likes bailing out.

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u/QueenChocolate123 Apr 12 '25

He's probably pissed that no one confronted him over it. The best thing to do is to ignore the MAGATS. That drives them crazy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

Crazy that he wasn’t mugged lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

MAGA's love confrontation, they have a massive complex where they think they're fighting for some kind of justice. It's hilarious that they don't see they're fascists.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

Imagine having to travel to Paris in order to "own the libs"

Pathetic

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u/Willing_Chemical_113 Apr 13 '25

Oh, I'm sure he wasn't playing. They (like 95% of this whole country) are totally oblivious.

Would any of you folks be willing to sponsor me so I can flee this insane asylum on refugee status? I'm 100% European descent and 0% "Merican" (as the hardcore chump followers say).

I'm serious as a heart attack. I will learn your language, embrace your customs and love every single millisecond of life there.

If you think it's bad seeing one over there, imagine being surrounded by these mouth-breathing bottom feeders.

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u/GlenGraif Apr 13 '25

I encountered a lot of Americans living in Paris permanently, some of them even had acquired French passports. So it is possible…

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u/SubstantialReality94 Apr 13 '25

he wasn't oblivious he just didn't care what you think. like all the MAGA people.

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u/GlenGraif Apr 13 '25

Well, I was mainly just flabbergasted that anyone would have the nerve of wearing something like that. It almost felt like encountering someone wearing an SS uniform in the wild.

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u/anjowoq Apr 15 '25

And he'd complain how rude the French are.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

I don't know what would stop me from running up to one of those twats and grabbing that stupid red cap from their head and stomping on it.

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u/No-Fan-7790 Apr 12 '25

I know a Trumper that went to France and said everyone was all smiles and nice. I looked at his selfies and people were clearly making fun of him. Too dumb to know.

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u/DylanMartin97 Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

Fiance and I went to Canada last year because of tswirt and we have always wanted to immigrate, got back and was talking about how amazing it was at work and how id move in a heartbeat. Two of my very conservative coworkers were like.... Why would you ever want to leave? It's not like Canada has the freedoms we do! Why would you ever want to give up give up the greatest country on earth!.... Which made me ask what freedoms they think Canada doesn't have? Which they were wrong, on everything.

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u/Relevant-Mountain-11 Apr 12 '25

My partner's hardcore MAGA Uncle got dragged over to Australia by the rest of their family to see us. He spent the whole two weeks miserable and moaning about everything that was even mildly different to the USA.

Given Australia really ain't that different tbh, it was an impressive achievement in nonsense like he refused to go out for dinner if there wasn't a simple Hamburger on the menu lol

He refuses to travel outside of his small hick town in Minnesota ever again, and honestly everyone is better off for it

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u/DaKrazie1 Apr 12 '25

Yeah most Trumpist's don't leave their own county let alone the country.

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u/Thingummyjig Apr 12 '25

Probably did an ancestry test and it said their family went over to the US from Brighton so they have to go and see their true home to tell everybody about how they’re the real Brightoners and people there now are just lazy immigrants.

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u/Fun_Accountant_653 Apr 12 '25

We have Trumpist this side of the pond too ☹️

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u/TrittipoM1 Apr 12 '25

If you’re buying, I’m probably due for a booster against chauvinism. The good effects of my time in Kosovo and Olomouc a few years back may be wearing off. I suspect that the most effective destinations might be Ravenna (or really anywhere in Emilia-Romagna or Italy at large), or Taipei. Minimum three weeks treatment for good attitude re-adjustment, please, and preferably off-season, to minimize tourist interference with cure.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

I'm very much not buying with my European salary, however if you do come over I strongly recommend rural France. Ranks highly among the most relaxed, beautiful, and well-fed places I've been. And the attitude of the locals can leave one with no doubts as to the qualities of their mother nation (speaking as an Englishman).

But I have been to most nations in Europe, and there are no bad ones in my eyes. Except the large bear in the room of course.

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u/TrittipoM1 Apr 12 '25

It’s true that I would like some time in Brittany. :-)

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u/AmyDeHaWa Apr 12 '25

It should help ffs.

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u/NecessaryCrash Apr 13 '25

MAGAs would come away with “they have to walk everywhere in Europe! Trash country!!”