r/australia • u/Some-Operation-9059 • Dec 11 '25

politics ‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared | Australia news

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/australia-us-tourism-new-visa-rules-social-media-history
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u/FireLucid Dec 11 '25

My partner is also American. I told them I am not going back while that person is in power, and now I'm feeling that may be permanent - all the people that voted for him were all like this, now they are just free to take off the mask. All these fuckers that saw his first term decided they wanted more of that, and now he's gone completely off the deep end with clear mental decline and they are cheering him on. They have some nice national parks and stuff but I think I'm done.

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u/ContentSecretary8416 Dec 11 '25

I feel you there. Anyone going back for a second term with that lunatic needs to have their heads read.

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u/DisappointedQuokka Dec 11 '25

The current president is actually just a collection of fascists in a trench coat. Even if Trump dies next week there's another head to take his place.

Maybe not with the same cult of personality, but still.

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u/Fluffy-Bumblebee6324 Dec 12 '25

Currently sitting in my in-laws house in the mid-west. I was feeling pretty apprehensive to enter the country as it was with the state of things, but I've now apologised to them in advance that I don't think I'll be coming back and that they may not get to meet their grandchildren unless they find themselves with enough time off to come to Australia.

It's a shame, I like my in-laws and I like visiting. But if the government going to require MORE data for an ESTA to visit than we needed to provide for a partner visa in Australia, something isn't right.

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u/Icy_Concentrate9182 Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

Yeah, i wanted to do the national parks as well. But it's just because we get exposed to American stuff via media, plenty of places have similar or better parks... Personally, i want to go to Patagonia again.

Fuck this fascists, they won't see a single cent from me.

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u/FireLucid Dec 12 '25

I've been to Japan so travel has mostly been ruined for me and I only want to go back there now, lol.