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There are YouTube videos of local news stations for US border states featuring stories on the drastic drop in crossings into their region by Canadians. 

The segments cite political tensions, exchange rate (which is the same as during the Biden term) and generally rising costs as reasons for the decrease in visitors. The comment sections are full of statements from Canadians such as this one: 

"It's your idiot president threatening our sovereignty geniuses!" 

The frustration is palpable and I feel bad for US citizens and businesses I visited over the years who didn't ask for this. 

However, I think this is the necessary evil which will be required to reset things in the US. 

It will need to get worse before you can properly rebuild.