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Let's talk about Trump destroying half of Canadian tourist visits....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about Trump destroying half of Canadian tourist visits....

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Well, howdy there, internet people, it's bell again.

0:36.4

So today, we're going to talk about Trump destroying half of Canadian

0:41.8

tourist visits. When Trump started his nonsense rhetoric about Canada becoming a state, calling the

0:50.0

Prime Minister governor, and started imposing tariffs on our ally.

0:55.1

Canadians did this weird thing. They stopped coming.

0:59.8

Tourism from Canada dropped like a rock. They felt unwelcome, so they didn't come anymore.

1:06.4

That was billions lost to the U.S. economy. I think the most conservative estimate was a loss of more than $4 billion per year.

1:16.9

When this started, one of the things I cautioned about was that if Trump didn't fix it soon,

1:23.1

the losses would be permanent.

1:26.4

A lot of Canadians come or came to set destinations in the U.S. year after year.

1:33.3

It was tradition for them, and a lot of communities counted on their business.

1:38.8

Some even have nicknames for them and cater to the snowbirds.

1:43.9

When they stopped coming, it was pretty clear that if Trump didn't find some way to undo the

1:49.9

damage he did before those tourists missed a second vacation, they wouldn't come back ever

1:56.1

because they would have established new traditions elsewhere.

2:05.6

Well, a new study took a look at cell phone data, and it quantified the drop-offs in tourism,

2:08.6

down to which cities are most heavily affected.

2:12.6

Sorry, Myrtle Beach.

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