“The American Dream will be increasingly difficult to obtain for future generations. My American parents-in-law benefited from soaring property prices to build up their savings. For most people, that is not an option anymore. My wife and I can only recently expect to make a modest profit on the house we bought twelve years ago.…
Category: Trump America
Life In Trump America
The election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States has laid bare one of the fiercest divides the country has ever experienced. In this “New USA” it has become difficult to separate truth from fiction. In the Spring of 2017 I traveled for three months across eleven U.S. states to ask Americans about their life, dreams and aspirations. They weighed in with their views on the heated political climate or shared their personal stories of love and loss. Before my trip I also interviewed several Americans living in the Netherlands and Dutchies ln the U.S. about how they perceive life in a Trump America. Their “EUSAstories” are part of this category as well.