In February, I wrote about America standing alone among major destinations across the world for having a drop in foreign visitors in 2025, with President Donald Trump appearing to have played a significant role in discouraging travelers from spending time in America.
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Economist and investor Peter Schiff, speaking in the Wednesday episode of his Peter Schiff Show, gave an insightful rundown of some of the economic damage coming to America because President Donald Trump “decided that he was going to go to war with Iran” despite there being “no immediate threat to the United States from Iran.”
Donald Trump, who started his second term as United States president a little over a year ago, likes to talk about how he is making America great again. But, for foreigners planning their trips abroad, it appears Trump has played a significant role in reducing their perception that America is great — at least as a travel destination.
In 2020, the Ludwig von Mises Institute posted at its website an animated series titled “Economics for Beginners” that provides an informative and engaging introduction to economics. While the presentation is good for anyone interested in an introduction to the topic, it seems especially well suited for youngsters.
Now, the Mises Institute has posted the first episode of a new animated series titled “America: From Republic to Empire.” The new series, as the name indicates, promises to provide an introduction to the development of the United States into an empire.
In June, the United Sates Department of State published an announcement of the ending of coronavirus testing requirements imposed on Americans and foreigners flying to America. The announcement, though, also declared that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “Order requiring proof of vaccination for noncitizen nonimmigrants to travel to the United States is still in effect.” And that coronavirus crackdown requirement remains in effect today.
America is moving up the ranks of the Bloomberg Misery Index, an index in which being number one means being the worst. Last year, America came in 50th. This year, America jumped to 25th among 60 economies compared based on their estimated price growth and joblessness, both of which are seen as big economic contributors to misery.
In a Wednesday Fox News video commentary, former New Jersey state Judge Andrew Napolitano describes the great privacy invasion capability of government entities in Great Britain using many cameras along with facial recognition software and databases of personal information. Further, notes Napolitano, the use of facial recognition by police for surveillance has already been approved in court in Britain. “The people in Great Britain have lost their right to be left alone,” asserts Napolitano.
“Tough for the British,” some Americans may say, “but there are privacy protections that will prevent that from happening in America.” However, Napolitano, who is the senior judicial analyst for Fox News, explains that “sadly” the same thing “has begun to happen here” in America. Napolitano points to facial recognition software being acquired by police in New York City, Chicago, and Orlando, as well as in “smaller police departments around the United States.”