After the US election: Americans plan to flee from Trump's second term

Betty MacDonald - "Nothing more to say" by Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel, author of global success "Satire is my favorite animal" --------------------------------------------------------------- Merkur After the US election: Americans plan to flee from Trump's second term Nils Thomas Hinsberger • 4 hours • 2 minutes reading time Fear of the presidency The fear of another Trump term is driving US citizens to look for emigration options. New Zealand and Canada are the top destinations. Washington, D.C. - Donald Trump's impending second term as US president is apparently causing unrest among many Americans. This is the result of an analysis of Google searches after the US election, which, according to the Reuters news agency, shows that many citizens have been researching emigration options. Trump wins the US election: US citizens want to leave the country The question "moving to New Zealand" was particularly popular and is reminiscent of the situation after the Brexit referendum in 2016. At that time, many Britons were looking for information about the possible consequences of leaving the EU. In the USA, the population seems to be aware of the possible effects of another Trump presidency and is instead looking for emigration options. According to Reuters, searches for "moving to New Zealand" on the east coast of the US rose by almost 2,000 percent in the 24 hours after polls closed. Traffic to the Immigration New Zealand website also indicates increased interest. On November 7, 25,000 new users from the US were registered. But New Zealand is not the only attractive destination for concerned Americans. Searches for neighboring Canada also rose by 1,270 percent. Australia saw an 800 percent increase in searches. Fear of Trump after the US election: Almost half of Americans think he is a fascist The Democratic presidential candidate expressed her opinion that Trump is a fascist in a CNN interview, saying: "Yes, I do." An Ipsos poll commissioned by ABC News found that 49 percent of respondents shared this view. But it is not just Trump's possible fascist tendencies that are worrying the US population. Fear of Trump as president was already palpable among women before the US election. The radical statements made by Trump's designated Vice President JD Vance on possible abortion bans raised concerns. On November 2, thousands of women protested against Trump in the US capital, as the Washington Post reported. At the event, women's rights activist Gloria Allred asked the question: "Do you think he will protect you?" and added: "I have a message for former President Trump: We don't believe you that you want to protect women." There is also real panic in the LGBTQ community after the election of Donald Trump. According to the Washington Post, several organizations and crisis hotlines for LGBTQ people reported a massive increase in emergency calls. Lance Preston, executive director of the crisis hotline Rainbow Youth Project, told the newspaper that the calls were being made "out of fear." "Out of fear that we will lose our children to suicide and out of fear of the challenges that this new government has in store for us." Even during the 2016 US election: search queries for emigration have already increased After Trump's election in 2016, there was already a sharp increase in search queries for emigration options in the USA, reported Die Zeit. At that time, "How do I emigrate to Canada?" was one of the most frequently asked questions on Google.