[Leica] OT: International Travel

[Douglas Barry]

Don't think there has been any reaction to ordinary Americans here in 
Ireland, and there won't be either. Still too early to divine the Trumpian 
grand plan, imho, but there may be a lot of playing to the base to maintain 
existing voter credibility and support with mid term elections in mind. 
While Trump is malleable, he is playing the long game for Dynasty Trump. But 
what do I know standing here on the western edge of Europe.

Certainly, a lot of us here are smiling at the strangeness of the selective 
travel ban. Citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, 
Sudan, Somalia and Libya banned, yet fellow citizens of the fifteen 
hijacking Saudi-Arabians are welcomed, not to mention those from Egypt, 
Lebanon and the UAR. Pakistan? Just fine.

Mind you, the main danger to Americans seems to come from armed Americans 
themselves. Can't add, subtract, multiply, or divide? Doesn't matter: no 
one's too dumb to have a gun! :-)

Douglas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Klein" <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com>
To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2017 4:23 AM
Subject: [Leica] OT: International Travel


> Since the LUG includes travelers to and from all over the world, I'd like 
> to ask a question.  Americans, are any of you considering changing your 
> international travel plans in light of the last couple of weeks?  And 
> Europeans, do you have any indications that Americans might be made to 
> feel unwelcome in your countries, either by border officials or the "man 
> or woman on the street?"
>
> I am NOT looking to start a political discussion.  We are trying to decide 
> whether or not to book airline tickets.  I was born in the U.S.  My wife 
> is a long-time naturalized citizen originally from Ukraine, and speaks 
> with an accent. Occasionally her background has led to minor but unnerving 
> extra scrutiny when traveling. And that was before all the "exciting" new 
> developments since Jan 20.
>
> Feel free to respond by direct email if things might stray beyond what is 
> appropriate for the LUG.
>
> --Peter
>
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