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Yes, we're tempted by the right, too. But ousting them now would do no good.

But Ramstein (only one m, unlike the band) - keep the USians there for a time, let's keep it as is for a time until it's time to make some kind of deal.

They might need it one day, so we keep it as a collateral.

All long term international agreements and security guarantees died on the weekend so we need tangible things to force our former allies - now those we have deals with - to ensure they behave.

The correct thing to do would be our foreign office to issue an official travel warning for the US. (Which would have some impact on tourism to the US)

Let's keep the big things for later, we WILL need them.

You're lucky that they let you back out after you entered france without a Visa, even if it's just for a snack.

Maybe they just forgot

If they weren't detained and roaming around through the country instead, they'd even spend money.
Make it make sense.

It's not a clownshow of course, things usually make sense when costing this much money, and of course they don't stop making sense when costing billions.

Making sense is not the same as helping goodwilling humanity.

Work doesn't stop being work because it's artistic.

If you violate your visa you can get deported, that's pretty normal globally and does involve an arrest. It's only exceptional because of the inhumane conditions of detention facilities in the US and because she was arrested immediately instead of being denied entry or educated on the restrictions of the visa. If she presumably told CBP she was intending to violate the visa waiver she probably thought it was acceptable for some reason.

"Why yes customs agent, I am intending to perform work in exchange for money while in the US on a tourism entry permit" -Privileged and naive white tourist used to the Schengen area about to dive face first into a poisoned spike pit that was meant to catch brown people

The problem is the spike pit, not really the person diving into it making headlines because they happen to be a white woman.

Not sheer luck, but because she's german. Germans haven't been mass migrating to America since the 60s at the latest and her detention is a change from the norm of us mostly only doing this to Latin Americans, Caribbean folks, Middle Easterners, and Africans

In Norwegian, live in Denmark and work for a Danish company, who also operates in the US. If my manager were to say, it ask, if I can go to the US office for work, I'll say no unless I get a really fucking good life insurance while I'm there. I don't want to go to the US for whatever reason.

Imagine how many American citizens are sitting in these camps and will be deported to some other country as Trump tries to eliminate due process and rob them of their day in court.

I have to admit: I just crossed the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Park off my bucket list whilst reading this story.

The police firearm homicides always felt a bit iffy but this clinches it. Definitely not going to try to visit that country. It's not a risk I'm willing to run.

... another industry Trump is helping stamp out.

I would go. But i'm not crossing the border legally lmao no fucking way.

Yeah. I have friends who are wanting to come to the US. "It couldn't happen to me, I'm white" they say. "I'm from Europe, I'll be safe" they say.

No.

It'll happen to them, and I'm scared because they refuse to listen.

As an American, I would recommend that folk reconsider travel to the US during the current administration. There are no longer checks and balances and it’s a very dangerous place at the moment. They’re removing all accountability for the border patrol and any immigration adjacent services so they can now do whatever they want. You’re at the complete mercy of the immigration service and they have full latitude to do whatever they want (legal or illegal) as the threat of repercussions have been removed. Be safe out there.

Give people power without accountability and this is what happens. Every single time. That's what the rule of law is about and that's why fascists hate it so much.

The US stopped being an attractive target to me the moment they fucked over Iraq.

to be fair, it was not an attractive target before either for a long tim, independently of the president. CBP and ICE were bad people for a very long time now, and that's not even the only problem

I don't want to be mean, but I think it's a bit naive that a German citizen would be able to sue the US gov with the current checks and balances

Sueing everything and everybody is such an American thing to do.

She'll be glad to get the fuck out of that shithole and never look back.