American Passports Are Useless Now

Posted by z3t111 on Sunday August 16, 2020 @01:25PM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

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Re:American Passports Are Useless Now by prepend on Sunday August 16, 2020 @01:50PM (#24179696)

This article is hyperbole. Not sure what useless means to the author, but passports are useful for much more than tourism.

The most important thing, I think, is that a US passport gets you into the US. That’s pretty awesome and not something a German one does right now.

I’m not sure it’s very wise to do lots of global travel now anyway, but once Covid passes, US passports will be really useful for tourism again.

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Re:American Passports Are Useless Now by ClumsyPilot on Sunday August 16, 2020 @01:56PM (#24179734)

"a US passport gets you into the US" - what, a passport is recognised by it's country of origin?

If it were otherwise you might as well wipe your arse with it.

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Re:American Passports Are Useless Now by prepend on Sunday August 16, 2020 @10:41PM (#24183364)

US passport means US permanent resident. Most other nations can’t enter the US right now. Have to be a permanent resident.

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Re:American Passports Are Useless Now by quattrofan on Sunday August 16, 2020 @01:43PM (#24179638)

Something in common with the President

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