Yeah, trump is a dumbass, but I don't understand what's wrong in imposing more travel restrictions?
Countries like France, Spain, and especially Italy are getting more and more infested with the disease, and it only makes sense to make the move to stop the flow of the disease, it would be better for both Europe and America.
Am I like, missing something? Cause I dont see it.
Travel restrictions make sense. Travel restrictions that include the entire Schengen area are...drastic, but arguable. However, any measure that does that should also include a number of other nations outside Schengen. The infection rate in both Ireland and the UK is relatively low, per capita, compared to many other countries in Europe, but not dramatically out of line. Any sensible travel restrictions should also include other nations (and probably not be quite as dramatic as this).
There's the following additional considerations:
- Trump announced this without consulting with seemingly anyone in Europe. That's not just stupid, it's malicious and dangerous.
- Trump got on TV and just spewed out words that were distant cousins of the words on the prompter. That meant that there was (and still is) a lot of confusion about exactly what he was announcing. We still have people thinking that only the UK is excluded. Among many, many other problems with what he said, he started off blaming "the European Union", announced a travel ban on "Europe", and later it turned out that the restriction was specifically the Schengen Area. These are all different things.
- Trump also announced a ban on trade with Europe. That's also related to his inability to do basic things like reading and speaking without causing international problems, but it's important enough that it needs to be stressed separately. Trump went live on TV and announced that he was going to
break the economy of two continents. It's understandable that people reacted to what was announced.
Ghost Flights are absolutely a thing.
The problem has been brewing for a while, but it's worse than ever before.
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This is currently true. However, among the many things being discussed by EU leaders is some kind of relaxation of the rule that airlines have to fulfil a certain percentage of flights or risk their slots. It's entirely possible that those ghost flights will stop. That would leave US citizens in Europe, with no legal restriction on returning to the USA, but without any easy way to make that journey.