Awwww that's too bad

If it was a trade war it could be excused. But Trump repeatedly threatens Canada every chance he gets.

Is New England really to blame for this? Sure, their union is getting sketchy, but aren't those states more liberal and chill than others?

Ignorant Middle European here, please educate if wrong

The Maine Governor can go tell Trunp to stop threatening our sovereignty. Canada’s not going back. Probably for generations.
- The maine Governor is pretty based. She's currently in defiance against Trump's executive orders targeting civil rights for some citizens and is fighting them in court
- Yeah fuck that. A mari usque ad mare.
What you need to understand is that this drop in tourism is not only driven by a refusal to send money to a country that has shown utter contempt for us (and remember, any dollar spent anywhere in the US goes towards federal taxes), but also by genuine concerns over our safety. To go to Maine we still have to cross a border run by the feds, and risk harassment (or worse) by Trump's thugs. ICE are storming around the country rounding up whoever the fuck they like with no regard to any kind of legal process.
Why bother risking if? Why go to any part of that shithole? I might as well vacation in North Korea. No matter how deep blue the state, you're still going to find people there who voted for that psychopath, twice in many cases. I just can't think of a good reason to vacation there rather than go to a civilised country... Or just stay home. New Brunswick is fucking beautiful, plenty to do around here, and Nova Scotia or Quebec are just as far as Maine. Or we could hop on a plane and finally go see BC.
- True, in NK you actually have to do something in order to get into trouble. Beyond that as I understand it, you're largely chaperoned around.
While yes New England is generally blue, we need to pressure New Hampsire (red) and Vermont (divided) to get rid of their republicans.
Source
- We are trying in NH, the governor might be a Republican but we've got Dems in the senate and house that are on the right side of history even if I hope to see more progressive candidates replace them soon.
  New England purple is the most reasonable purple, if you ask me. I'm not biased, you are.
Maybe New England should declare independence. That would solve the problem. Until then, federal agents are free to operate within their borders.

To be fair, Janet Mills is a Democrat and Maine is a mostly left-leaning state. If this headline were about their Republican Senator Susan Collins, fair enough, but Maine is currently being sued because Mills stood up to Trump.

Yeah but more broadly the country elected a deranged incoherent fascistic narcissistic reality tv show host to their highest office - twice who has threatened to annex Canada and has tens of millions of sycophants. So, no one from there gets a pass really.
- Trump's harm needs to be pointed out. Governors have a natural podium for doing so. They should be cheered for this.
- I mean, Trump illegally froze Maine's funding because it's a blue state and Mills wouldn't sell out trans kids, but if you want to be super reductive, sure, fuck 'em I guess. Fuck all those protesters getting their shit kicked in by the LAPD for opposing ICE too, I suppose. That's what you get for living in the wrong country!
- Totally agree. There was a woman in need of an emergency abortion due to an ectopic pregnancy, but her state had outlawed abortions, so she coulden't get one and died. She didn't vote for Trump, or any Republican for that matter, but it's just like, she deserved it anyway. No one gets a pass afterall.
  Reminds me of those kids in Gaza. Sure, they may not have even been old enough to vote Hamas into power, but no one gets a pass.
  massive /s for anyone who didn't pickup mypoint by now.
- I mean, there's ongoing court cases about possible election interference, but go off I guess

If it was only a trade war I think you’d still see Canadians visiting the US. The real issue is ICE. No tourist wants to visit countries where they stand a good chance of arbitrary arrest.

I think a lot of Canadians took notice when Jasmine Mooney was arrested.

Yeah especially for crap they might have on their phone 🙄🙄🙄

Get rid of maga and we’ll talk hoser!

See that’s the thing. If Trump leaves, someone who is not maga might take over for four to eight years but then another trump-like magat will get back in and pick up where he left off. That person will probably be younger and smarter, so able to do more damage and maybe try harder to annex Canada. It’s too risky. Canada and the US are broken up - for good.

Good. That’s the point.

It's not Maine's fault lol But yeah, justified. Weird that people went to Maine in the first place tbh.

At this point, I'd consider going just to get away from everybody else.