Canadians and Americans alike are afraid of crossing the border, and for political commentators like Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks travel requires extra precautions. What’s behind Trump’s puzzling decision to politicize border crossing for US citizens?

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Cenk Uygur

Further reading: 

• Nervous About Crossing the Border? You Should Be. - Macleans.ca 
• ‘They’re not coming’: N.B. border town says fewer U.S. visitors making big impact - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca
• Checkpoints by U.S. border patrol raise concerns amid drop in Canadian visitors | CBC News  
• A wave of artists are reconsidering tours over U.S. border detention fears | CBC News
• ‘Don’t yap to cops’: why Hasan Piker’s US customs story kicked off a backlash | US immigration | The Guardian
• Jewish senators accuse Trump of exploiting antisemitism to target universities - The Guardian
• Inside the identity crisis in anti-woke media | Semafor 
• U.S. senators urge Canada to ‘give us another chance’ on trade, tourism - National | Globalnews.ca 

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