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.
• America can’t afford to retire• 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’
A heavy feeling pervades humid Washington right now. You can sense the weight of history in the air as America celebrates its 250th anniversary of independence. The cries of demonstrators mix with the cheers of families arriving for the holiday. The contradictions of America are playing out in real time.
This moment was supposed to be about unity and reflection. Instead, what we have seen is a celebration that feels more like a political production than a national commemoration. People across the National Mall and the nation are protesting how this anniversary has been used by Donald Trump and his Maga acolytes. They say America’s story belongs to the American people, not to one politician.
