Panic over Travelling to the US

 There have been issues for travelers to the US since Donald J. Trump has been selected as the President. Canadians have been detained and questioned. I traveled to the US exactly a year ago and missed my flight, due to being late a few months after that. My destination, on the second trip was Nevada as I had planned to summit the mountain that we, I and Alphonse, barely even started! 

Now this will be my plan for as early as I can: I'm hoping that as soon as I pass my probation period and things are a little bit more stable, I will travel to Nevada and will aim the same mountain. I don't care what CBP might ask me and I'm not afraid of being detained or anything. I'm planning to do that on Labour Day this year which is exactly 5 months from now and I will get the ticket two months ahead of the trip. I must conquer that summit and I've already made up a story to sell to my potential manager! I will write about the details, both the plan and the actual trip, when the time comes. I know many Canadians have boycotted travelling to the US and purchasing American made products. I 100% agree and support that but at the same time I would like to challenge Americans as a non-Canadian who lives in Canada for more than 23 years and have traveled to the US many times. I would like to prove that the US is wrong looking and treating everyone like a criminal and a potential threat, if that's what actually CBP and other authorities in the US do. Many Canadians and non-Canadian citizens, including Iranians, are afraid of crossing into the US and perhaps they're right. No one wants to go on a trip with the fear of being detained and not being able to go back to the family and work as a result of that. We will see. 

Here's a link to what Trump has ordered in case you need to refer to it:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion/ 

(Photo: An A-6 Intruder on display in front of The Palm Springs Air Museum which I visited last year and it was worth the US $20 I paid. A-6 was retired in 1997. Look at the camera on the bottom of the cockpit)