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“I want to visit a country that’s at its peak, to experience the best of the best. Right now, the US isn’t at its peak.”
We asked our readers in the BuzzFeed Community around the world how they feel about traveling to the US now that Donald Trump is president.
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“I cancelled my plans after the election result because being brown I am not sure how safe I will be.”
In June 2013, I took a road trip across the USA from Rhode Island to California and back, covering 27 states.
I had plans to travel to the annual Zumba instructors conference in Miami in July this year. But I cancelled my plans after the election result because being brown I am not sure how safe I will be. I am not okay with the immigration officer wanting to check my phone or my social media content. Also I do not want to contribute to the US economy directly. Not with Trump as president. I will probably plan a trip to Mexico to do my part for the resistance movement.
—VJ, India
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I always wanted to go to the US because it is a fascinating country to me. The culture there has influenced my daily life so much. I watch American TV shows, movies, I read American books, I eat American food.
Now that Trump is president, I still want to go to there — but it definitely has changed my perspective. I am worried about what is still to come under his presidency, and the recent events (like the Muslim ban) are very alarming. However, I don't think this should discourage people from going and discovering the US, despite President Trump. If his actions get even more discriminatory and non-tolerable in the future, I can imagine not going there in solidarity.
—Laura, 22, Austria
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