Заметки из американского бедлама 5-14-25
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chuka_lisВовсю продолжается использование госаппарата для борьюы с неугодными трампу и ко. Все происходящее наносит ущерб стране, и экономический, и репутационный, и политический.
1) Foreign travel spending in the United States is projected to decline by 7%, or USD 12.5 billion, in 2025. The U.S. is the only country out of 184 analyzed to experience an absolute decline in international visitor spending, with the total projected loss reaching USD 169 billion by the end of the year. down from USD 181 billion in 2024 and 22% below its previous peak in 2019.. The economic implications of this decline are significant.While 90% of U.S. travel and tourism spending comes from domestic tourists, Canadian travellers spend three times more on U.S. vacations than Americans, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Overseas visitors spend seven to eight times more than U.S. travellers. Travel from Canada and Mexico, the largest source of inbound visitors to the U.S., is down about 20% year-over-year, the organization said. In March 2025, the most recent month for which data is available, arrivals were significantly down for all of America’s most robust visitor populations. UK arrivals were down 15 % year-over-year; Germans were down 28 %; South Korean trips declined by 15% and other key source markets, including Spain, Ireland and the Dominican Republic, were down between 24 %t and 33%.“The US travel and tourism sector is the biggest sector globally compared to any other country, worth almost US$2.6 trillion,” she said, citing WTTC and Oxford Economics data. According to Simpson’s data, direct and indirect tourism represents 9 per cent of the American economy.Visitor spending was one of the “direct” parts of the travel economy, while “indirect” contributions included the knock-on effects of increased spending by hospitality professionals.The sector employs 20 million people and creates US$585 billion in US tax dollars each year – 7 per cent of all tax revenue the US government receives.
2) The governor of the Mexican state of Baja California, which borders the U.S., said on social media Sunday that the United States withdrew tourist visas from her and her husband. Baja California borders California and day-to-day commercial ties between the two states run deep. Marina del Pilar Ávila, from the ruling Morena party, did not say why her visa was withdrawn.Her husband, Carlos Torres Torres, who is an active member of Morena, said his “conscience is clear,” in a statement on Facebook on Saturday. “This proceeding does not represent a formal accusation, investigation or indictment by any authority in Mexico or the United States,” he added.
3) Twitch streamer Hasan Piker said he was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after returning from Paris. Piker is a U.S. citizen who’s registered for the Global Entry program that expedites clearance for preapproved, low-risk travelers upon arrival in the U.S. Рiker said the questioning when he was detained Sunday ranged from his thoughts on foreign terrorist organizations to his opinion of the Trump administration.“I saw no reason to hold back on certain things. So, I said I don’t like Trump. What are you going to do? It’s protected by the First Amendment. I don’t like Trump,” he told viewers on the stream. Piker said he believes he was targeted by CBP due to his public views on the president. “This is nothing but lying for likes. Claims that his political beliefs triggered the inspection are baseless. Our officers are following the law, not agendas”, Tricia McLaughlin, Homeland Security assistant secretary, said in a statement to The Hill.
4) Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard fired two top officials at the National Intelligence Council, purging leaders amid what the office called an effort to address “weaponization” of intelligence. Gabbard removed the acting head of the council, Mike Collins, as well as his deputy, Maria Langan-Riekhof.It’s a big shift at an entity the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) bills as part of the “analytic arm” of the intelligence community, with tasks including coordinating with policymakers. In addition to the removal of the two aides, Gabbard also uprooted the council from its office space at the CIA, returning it to quarters within the ODNI. Collins was associated with Michael Morell, former deputy director of the CIA, who was among the former intelligence officials who signed a letter casting doubt on the discovery of Hunter Biden’s laptop, saying it had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”The firings come just days after the council released, through a Freedom of Information Act request, an assessment contradicting Trump administration claims that the Tren de Aragua gang is coordinating with the Venezuelan government. In doing so, it undercut a key basis for President Trump’s invocation of wartime powers to remove people to a Salvadoran prison.
5) A federal grand jury indicted a Wisconsin judge on May 13 on charges that she tried to assist an undocumented immigrant escape arrest from her courtroom last month, putting her at the center of the growing dispute between President Donald Trump and the judicial system. The two charges carry a maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $350,000 fine, but sentences in cases involving nonviolent offenses typically are much shorter. "As she said after her unnecessary arrest, Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court," Dugan's defense team said in a statement.Acting U.S. Attorney Richard Frohling appeared for the government, which is unusual, highlighting the case's profile. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman was selected to preside over Dugan's case.
1) Foreign travel spending in the United States is projected to decline by 7%, or USD 12.5 billion, in 2025. The U.S. is the only country out of 184 analyzed to experience an absolute decline in international visitor spending, with the total projected loss reaching USD 169 billion by the end of the year. down from USD 181 billion in 2024 and 22% below its previous peak in 2019.. The economic implications of this decline are significant.While 90% of U.S. travel and tourism spending comes from domestic tourists, Canadian travellers spend three times more on U.S. vacations than Americans, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Overseas visitors spend seven to eight times more than U.S. travellers. Travel from Canada and Mexico, the largest source of inbound visitors to the U.S., is down about 20% year-over-year, the organization said. In March 2025, the most recent month for which data is available, arrivals were significantly down for all of America’s most robust visitor populations. UK arrivals were down 15 % year-over-year; Germans were down 28 %; South Korean trips declined by 15% and other key source markets, including Spain, Ireland and the Dominican Republic, were down between 24 %t and 33%.“The US travel and tourism sector is the biggest sector globally compared to any other country, worth almost US$2.6 trillion,” she said, citing WTTC and Oxford Economics data. According to Simpson’s data, direct and indirect tourism represents 9 per cent of the American economy.Visitor spending was one of the “direct” parts of the travel economy, while “indirect” contributions included the knock-on effects of increased spending by hospitality professionals.The sector employs 20 million people and creates US$585 billion in US tax dollars each year – 7 per cent of all tax revenue the US government receives.
2) The governor of the Mexican state of Baja California, which borders the U.S., said on social media Sunday that the United States withdrew tourist visas from her and her husband. Baja California borders California and day-to-day commercial ties between the two states run deep. Marina del Pilar Ávila, from the ruling Morena party, did not say why her visa was withdrawn.Her husband, Carlos Torres Torres, who is an active member of Morena, said his “conscience is clear,” in a statement on Facebook on Saturday. “This proceeding does not represent a formal accusation, investigation or indictment by any authority in Mexico or the United States,” he added.
3) Twitch streamer Hasan Piker said he was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after returning from Paris. Piker is a U.S. citizen who’s registered for the Global Entry program that expedites clearance for preapproved, low-risk travelers upon arrival in the U.S. Рiker said the questioning when he was detained Sunday ranged from his thoughts on foreign terrorist organizations to his opinion of the Trump administration.“I saw no reason to hold back on certain things. So, I said I don’t like Trump. What are you going to do? It’s protected by the First Amendment. I don’t like Trump,” he told viewers on the stream. Piker said he believes he was targeted by CBP due to his public views on the president. “This is nothing but lying for likes. Claims that his political beliefs triggered the inspection are baseless. Our officers are following the law, not agendas”, Tricia McLaughlin, Homeland Security assistant secretary, said in a statement to The Hill.
4) Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard fired two top officials at the National Intelligence Council, purging leaders amid what the office called an effort to address “weaponization” of intelligence. Gabbard removed the acting head of the council, Mike Collins, as well as his deputy, Maria Langan-Riekhof.It’s a big shift at an entity the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) bills as part of the “analytic arm” of the intelligence community, with tasks including coordinating with policymakers. In addition to the removal of the two aides, Gabbard also uprooted the council from its office space at the CIA, returning it to quarters within the ODNI. Collins was associated with Michael Morell, former deputy director of the CIA, who was among the former intelligence officials who signed a letter casting doubt on the discovery of Hunter Biden’s laptop, saying it had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”The firings come just days after the council released, through a Freedom of Information Act request, an assessment contradicting Trump administration claims that the Tren de Aragua gang is coordinating with the Venezuelan government. In doing so, it undercut a key basis for President Trump’s invocation of wartime powers to remove people to a Salvadoran prison.
5) A federal grand jury indicted a Wisconsin judge on May 13 on charges that she tried to assist an undocumented immigrant escape arrest from her courtroom last month, putting her at the center of the growing dispute between President Donald Trump and the judicial system. The two charges carry a maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $350,000 fine, but sentences in cases involving nonviolent offenses typically are much shorter. "As she said after her unnecessary arrest, Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court," Dugan's defense team said in a statement.Acting U.S. Attorney Richard Frohling appeared for the government, which is unusual, highlighting the case's profile. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman was selected to preside over Dugan's case.
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Date: 2025-05-14 09:36 am (UTC)я думаю, у Рыжего кумиры в политике толи Айзенхауер, толи действительно Пиночет.. Ну ВВХ? врядли, хотя мб.. где то процентов н а 30-40 :). Ну какбэ в конце Пиночета в Чили посылали команду экономистов толи выпускников Гарварда, толи Чикаго? я думаю чем то подобным закончитсО и правление Донни.
Все назначения при Пиночете были иск. тупыми, вот вроде генерал-- "министр здравоохранения", ну за ост. не скажу, не знаю :)
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Date: 2025-05-14 05:49 pm (UTC)