Trump Effect

How the U.S. president impacts travel.

Trump Effect

The Three Midterm Scenarios Travel Should Watch

The outcomes will matter for the travel industry.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Oct 24, 2026

Trump Effect

It’s The Oil Prices, Stupid

The average domestic airfare is up about 32% from last year.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Oct 10, 2026

Trump Effect

Trump Wants More Daylight. The Travel Industry Might, Too.

More evening daylight is better for a lot of things, including, apparently, the travel industry.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Oct 3, 2026

Trump Effect

What Travel CEOs Said (and Didn't Say) About Trump at Skift Global Forum

Here's how the Trump Effect showed up at Skift Global Forum this year

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Sep 26, 2026

Trump Effect

The Fed Raised Rates. Airlines Pay.

The ultra-low-cost carriers are getting hit hardest — and there's little appetite in Washington to help.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Sep 19, 2026

Trump Effect

The Cost of Everything Is Going Up

Energy is more expensive, inflation means the cost of goods are more expensive, and the cost of money is likely going to get even more expensive.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Sep 12, 2026

Trump Effect

The 100 Million Tourist Question

100 million visitors would be a huge swing for an industry that has spent most of 2026 watching arrival numbers go in the opposite direction.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Sep 5, 2026

Trump Effect

Report Cards From a Half-Finished War

This quarter showed how quickly the industry can climb out. The last few days showed how little say it has in whether it stays out.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Jul 25, 2026

Trump Effect

No World Cup Bump

The early read is not the one anyone in the industry was hoping for.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Jul 18, 2026

Trump Effect

Red Card, White House

The viral utopia that was the world coming together over football in the U.S. suburbs was never going to be forever.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Jul 11, 2026

Trump Effect

Happy Birthday, America

If my algorithm is to be believed, the U.S. is going into the long weekend on a high, perhaps despite the Trump Effect.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Jul 4, 2026

Trump Effect

Ranch, Brisket and the World Cup

A World Cup Celebration of ... America?!

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Jun 27, 2026

Trump Effect

⚽️ Priced Out of the Party

The international crowd the industry was counting on still isn't showing up in the numbers.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Jun 6, 2026

Trump Effect

The Cage Match for Newark Airport

Say what you will about Newark, it's still one of the world’s busiest travel hubs and a central artery to global flight connections.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

May 30, 2026

Trump Effect

Memorial Day to Midterms

For many of us, it's the unofficial kickoff to summer. For those in Washington, D.C., it means something very different.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

May 23, 2026

Trump Effect

Trump Went to China. Boeing Won Big

China is set to order 200 Boeing planes, the first order in nearly a decade.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

May 16, 2026

Trump Effect

The Quiet Ones Are Expensive

The Iran war has stopped feeling like breaking news and started feeling like the new normal. And the new normal, it turns out, is very expensive gas and jet fuel.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

May 9, 2026

Trump Effect

🇺🇸 Is It Safe?

A broad collection of groups is cautioning international visitors to the World Cup.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

May 2, 2026

Trump Effect

Uncle Sam Wants to Buy Your Airline

The President of the United States floated the idea of the federal government buying my frenemy Spirit Airlines.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Apr 25, 2026

Trump Effect

Where Were We?

Here's the state of the union for all things Trump-and-Travel related.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Apr 18, 2026

Trump Effect

The Trees Are Blooming. The Bag Fees Aren't Coming Down

The war on Iran has nearly doubled jet-fuel costs, and carriers wasted no time passing those along to us.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Apr 11, 2026

Trump Effect

Fly Me to the Moon

So while Artemis II is flying, potential visitors to the United States, increasingly, are not.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Apr 4, 2026

Trump Effect

Trump’s No Good, Very Bad Week

There are few things that seem to motivate government change more than meltdowns at the airports, and security lines at some of the nation's busiest hubs are still more than 3 hours.

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Mar 28, 2026

Trump Effect