The US embassy doesn't exist anymore and even before when it did, tourist visas were backlogged for 3 years due to covid or some garbage excuse. You would have an easier time getting a visa to Turkmenistan than the US right now. Also the US went from being the worst country in the world, to the most expensive worst country in the world.
It's going to be very hard because he will have to get a local job and live on a thai income since he is deported from the US. He knows no Thai language and has no family here, things will be terrible
The inflationary cycle was created by a biological agent deliberately released from a certain asian country. Everything would be completely normal right now if that never happened. I dont agree with the trade war either, free trade benefits the mass populace and keeps costs low. But I can say categorically that China is the number one problem facing the existence of human civilization.
Cash is the financial embodiment of freedom. Centralised banking and highly regulated financial systems are the stepping stones to overreaching government control.
Ah well. Good thing South East Asia is a region, not a country. Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia are all on offer. Thailand was always the gem, the step ahead but times change and nothing lasts forever. Let's see how it pans out but I wont live in hope forever. Life's short.