‘Huge detriment to American society’: Trump’s second term leading to a brain drain

An American brain drain is no longer a prediction. It's happening. Between March of 2024 and March of 2025, a record-breaking 6,600 Americans applied to become British citizens or to live and work indefinitely in the United Kingdom.More than 1,900 of those applications, roughly a third, came after Donald Trump took office on January 20th. 75% of scientists surveyed by the journal Nature in March indicated they are considering leaving the United States. In April, nearly 300 American scientists applied to Fra ...