What will banning Europeans do, the coronavirus is already here.

[spanone]

[tblue37]

1. IOW, the call is coming from inside the house! nt

[spanone]

3. Exactly...

[RockRaven]

2. Further damage the US and EU economies?

Trump is such a fucking traitor, doing Putin and Xi's dirty work for them... accidentally or on purpose, it doesn't matter, a traitor either way.

[PJMcK]

4. Well,Trump fucked up a trip I've been planning for five months!

Sure, I can fly to Amsterdam and stay in the hotel and take care of my business.

But Trump won't let me, an American citizen, back into the country.

Nice government you've got there, Trump, you fucking idiot.

[tblue37]

5. Fly from Amsterdam to UK, then you'll be able to fly home. nt

[PJMcK]

8. Yeah, I heard that suggestion

Also to fly to other countries.

I cannot afford to be blocked out of the country. Could you?

Would you trust this government to let you back in the country?

I don't trust this government to tell me the time of day.

[MoonlitKnight]

16. I'm not sure I would want to come back..

[at140]

14. Immigration will check passport for recent travels stamped in there.

That is how they are stopping people who traveled to China recently.

[jberryhill]

6. Actually US citizens can get back in

Because President Chowderhead thinks that makes sense.

[PJMcK]

12. But if my flight originates in Europe...

... I won't be able to fly into New York.

Of course, when I'm in Amsterdam, I'll contract the virus and then who nows what chaos will ensue?!

[jberryhill]

21. Yes you will

As usual the shithead in chief misspoke.

He has been corrected. US citizens can fly back. If you are on a US carrier, many of the passengers are likely to be returning US citizens, but one imagines they will consolidate flights if any are cancelled.

[Eyeball_Kid]

27. That's funny.

[PJMcK]

31. The State Department's guidelines look iffy

It's not worth the uncertainty of leaving the U.S. and not being able to return.

In fact, my life and I have decided to hunker down in our country house in the Catskills. We've stocked up on essentials and I can do almost all of my work remotely. My wife is essentially on vacation for two weeks as she's a teacher and it's Spring Break. We'll see how many of her schools reopen in a couple of weeks.

Yeah, President Chowderhead is foolish if he thinks Americans are somehow immune while overseas.

[jberryhill]

33. Goebbels, I mean, Cuccinelli is live tweeting corrections

If you can believe that.

I dunno. I’d consider getting out anyway, if I were you.

I’m scheduled to be in France in late June, and kinda thinking that I’d just as soon be outta here ASAP.

[PJMcK]

34. Well...

We are thinking of taking some time out of the country...

But it takes some careful planning.

[at140]

7. No ban for out going flights to Europe

poster above said no ban for US citizens to return.

[PJMcK]

15. Really?!

Would you take that chance?

Imagine if I go to Amsterdam, do my business and then show up at Schipol Airport to fly back to the U.S. If the flights are barred from the U.S., how am I to get home?

Trump is an idiot.

[at140]

17. I would not, unless my stay in Amsterdam is 30+ days

some are suggesting you can fly to Mexico and then fly into US. I am guessing they do not look inside their passports.
Every country you enter will stamp arrival and departures in your passport, along with dates. That is how the immigration can tell
if you have been inside China recently.

[PJMcK]

20. No, I haven't traveled to Asia

Of course, you're correct about passport stamps.

My trip was for 12 days and involved a major music project. It's been put on indefinite hold because of Trump's executive decision. This means that about 50 people will not get paid for the project.

Trump is an idiot.

[at140]

24. Ignore idiot Trump, do not cancel your trip,

just be careful with hand washing etc while in Amsterdam. Avoid hand shakes.
Unless you are coughing and have a fever, you will have no problem entering US.

[jberryhill]

25. The China visa takes up a whole page

If you’ve been to China, you have a giant sticker with a hologram the size of an entire page of your passport.

[at140]

28. That is what I have heard..nt

[jberryhill]

23. Flights. From. Europe. Are. Not. Banned.

Non US travelers are banned.

Flights will continue.

There are things on planes other than people.

Even if NOBODY was on the planes, many flights would continue, because the cargo is an entire other thing which earns revenue and takes up more weight on a typical flight than the passengers do.

All those Gouda wheels and tulip bulbs aren’t going to swim here.

[ck4829]

9. Authoritarian ego stroking?

[BigmanPigman]

10. Absolutely nothing.

[C_U_L8R]

11. That travel ban makes no sense at all.

What airline will fly only 'select' Americans and cargo back and forth? And what's with that Britain bullshit... as if Heathrow and Gatwick aren't an air shuttle away from anywhere in EU. Trump is a moron.

[at140]

18. Your passport will show stamps of every country you have visited along with dates.

[C_U_L8R]

22. It's unsustainable from the airline's standpoint.

It's the stupidest idea imaginable - there's no way it can work. And besides, it has jack shit to do with preventing Coronavirus. One infected American - or even ground crew person and...

Trump would do better leaving things to medical professionals and leave the idiot travel ideas alone. Doesn't he have a miniature model Trump Shuttle to play with?

[at140]

26. Yeah, instead of 2 hours before flight, you may have to arrive 4 hours before flight

Processing International flights is slow already.

[C_U_L8R]

30. Plus EU citizens don't get passport stamps between EU countries

Sounds like the Trumps are already backpedaling and saying some other countries may be excluded from ban. It's just gets more ridiculous.

Meanwhile, no help for USA healthcare. No mention of additional testing. WTF.

[FM123]

13. It will make his master Putin happy.

Since Putin hates the EU, Trumpy bashes them every chance he gets. No matter what tragedy or crisis is happening here at home, his thoughts are never far from Russia and how to serve his master over there....

[HarlanPepper]

19. Because that's what Putin told him to do

On a side note, Notice we’re not hearing about how it’s going in Russia with this virus? Haven’t heard or seen a thing.

[Dem2]

29. I always close the barn door a month after the horses have escaped

Don't you?

[Celerity]

32. something to sell to the MAGAts, plus it lets the bloat prance around like he is Billy big bollocks

[jberryhill]

35. It will decrease the number of people wearing socks and sandals

Which is something to think about.

[spanone]

36. There is that.

[GulfCoast66]

37. This was a panicky talk given because Fauci was finally giving a venue to talk

And tell the truth. It is already lost in confusion.

The White House is melting down.

American Citizens will not be barred from re-entering the country.

Take your trip. Hell, you’ll be safer there.