Trump and his useful idiots on the right can make all the insulting 51st state jokes they want, but the truth of the matter is that we have long depen ded on Canada for our own economic growth, and we’re now undermining that to serve the temper tantrum of a bunch of overgrown 12-year-olds who don’t know shit about fuck.
Last June, Bloomberg reported that “the American economy will lose out on $12.5 billion this year, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council.” As dire as that sounds, that estimate wound up being low. “‘The US is the only major destination in the world that is tracking a decline in international visitor spending,’” said Erik Hansen, a senior vice-president at the US Travel Association, to the Financial Times this week. “‘It’s a tremendous impact,’ he said, citing a decline of about 11 million international visitors, which amounts to $50 billion in lost spending. ‘Even a single percentage point that we lose means billions of dollars, it means hundreds of thousands of jobs.’”