A scathing analysis of the political situation in the USA by renowned America expert Klaus Brinkbäumer The American Dream has turned into a nightmare: Since Donald Trump took office, democratic rules and norms have been suspended or abolished. Fascists sit in the government, spreading victimhood narratives and fantasies of superiority, attacking universities and the media. They have abandoned the idea that changes of power are a natural part of the process, declaring their opponents enemies and themselves superior. Longtime US correspondent Klaus Brinkbäumer has traveled across the country, spoken with MAGA staff, journalists, and academics, and concludes: It has never looked bleaker. biography Klaus Brinkbäumer (born 1967) has been writing for Der Spiegel since 1993. He has received numerous awards for his reporting from crisis zones, most recently the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize in 2007. New product