Welcome to Trump’s America, The i Paper’s World Insight series presenting the sharpest, deepest thinking on an era-defining shift in history and politics, investigating how Donald Trump and his administration have changed the US and the world – and where we go from here.
• How America’s conspiracy theorists broke the US• The US is becoming impossible to live in• I told Trump over dinner he didn’t have my loyalty – it sealed my fate• This is how the world will look after Trump• I’ve seen what ICE has done to Minnesota. Farage wants to import that to the UK• The men who want to stop women voting• Trump isn’t damaging America. He’s reinventing it’
Dreaming about retirement is an American obsession: this is an immigrant society where people work their socks off to provide a better future for their children.
At 57, I hope my golden years will be lived out in “coastal Grandma” style, full of grandchildren, beach walks, photogenic dogs and some watercolour painting before cocktail hour. I’m already learning bridge and Mahjong – next on the list is Canasta. I plan on escaping the bitterly cold New York City winters by flying south to Florida for a few weeks a year, where I’ll play tennis and make new friends.
