According to travel experts, early spring is the ideal time to begin planning your summer vacation. Some of the more anxious among us (OK, me) might even push that to pre-spring, as in late February or early March, if only to provide a beacon of hope during the year’s gloomiest months. Lord knows we could all use a beacon of hope right now.
I just fear summer vacation may no longer be it. President Trump and world’s richest man Elon Musk seem determined to make any upcoming vacation plans as difficult, expensive and potentially dangerous as possible. In a quest to purge the federal government of what the two men said they considered wasteful spending, Trump appointed Musk head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.
Since then, the businessman behind X, Tesla and Space X has fired an estimated 300,000 people, stripping and effectively eliminating entire departments and agencies. Should these terminations stand (many are under judicial review), they would constitute the largest jobs cut in American history. And, though this may not be the primary point of concern, the end of summer vacation as we know it.
Considering a trip to a national park? Be advised that the firing of more than 1,000 national parks employees will inevitably lead to difficulty accessing some of the most beloved and iconic portions of this country — the lines at the Grand Canyon and the headache of campsite booking at Yosemite are sure to get a whole lot worse. The Trump administrati.
