Trump’s war on our closest allies is hurting tourism in Las Vegas:
…Las Vegas is facing a significant slump in tourism, by far its most important industry. Total visitation in the city was down 6.7 percent this past August versus the year before, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. The federal government’s hard-line immigration policies may be partly responsible: Flights from Canada and Mexico, the countries with the biggest shares of Las Vegas’ international tourism, are down 19 percent and 12 percent respectively, according to the LVCVA [Jared Brey, “Las Vegas’s New Mayor Has a Slump on Her Hands. She’s Not Worried,” Governing, 2025.10.06].
Even people considering a trip to Vegas have principles:
CHAKRABARTI: This is Steve Hill, he is president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, and he says that he does think politics are playing into why some of those international visitors aren’t coming to Las Vegas.
STEVE HILL: I on a trade mission to Canada, four or five weeks ago in Western Canada and got an opportunity to talk with our partners there. Mostly like tour operators and travel agents and airlines and there’s just a portion of the population that our national policies have angered and they are not coming into the United States out of principle [Will Walkey and Meghna Chakrabarti, “The Real Story Behind the Slump in Las Vegas Tourism,” WBUR: On Point, 2025.09.26].
How long will the American people stand for a President who is determined to hurt them?
And some Europeans are now afraid to travel here or simply don’t want to due to the current environment. Gonna be a looong 3 more years.
Are we going to discuss finance? YAY!!