I've often felt upset about knowing that the US people have many good traits, but the US Government is frankly scary and that I would love to visit the US people but would hate to interact with the US Government by doing so. To this end, I've always deferred the idea of visiting the US hoping that future governments would improve the situation before I do.

More recently however, I'm beginning to think that the risk may be ultimately worth it now despite the issues, because at this rate the US may become too scary to visit at all in my young adult life.