I admit it: I was intrigued by all this AI stuff so I thought I’d try it out.
I’ve seen articles this year about celebrities leaving America – Spain is a popular choice, for some reason – because their president who in his second dig has wasted no time in demonstrating a taste for fascism.
We hear about the celebrities, but what about the ordinary folk? Is “escaping” from America a thing? A desire? A goal? The real deal?
This is where AI came into it. For my own amusement I asked Grok AI; “Is it known if many Americans are leaving or want to leave the country since Trump won the 2024 election?”
As I was half playing around it was a rather vague question (but what the heck). The response from Grok thus surprised me. I’d struck something.
Here is the reply:
Since Donald Trump won the 2024 election, there has been a notable increase in interest among Americans regarding emigration. Various sources have reported significant spikes in Google searches for terms related to moving abroad, with some indicating increases of up to 1,514% in searches for immigration-related queries. This surge in interest was particularly observed after the election results were announced, suggesting a reaction to Trump’s victory.
- Reuters reported an increase in searches for moving to countries like Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, with specific numbers like 25,000 new US users visiting the Immigration New Zealand site on the day after the election.
- Newsweek noted that many Americans had been considering emigration even before the election, with the number of people looking to leave potentially rising due to Trump’s win, although actual emigration numbers might remain low due to the complexities of relocation.
- CNBC highlighted the peak in Google searches for “leaving the country” and moving to Canada, showing a significant interest in emigration following the election outcome.
- The Jerusalem Post and The Independent also corroborated this trend by reporting on the surge in Google searches for emigration options to countries like Canada and the UK.
- The Immigration Advice Service, as cited by Newsweek and The Jerusalem Post, indicated that one in four Americans were considering relocating internationally, with specific interest from residents in major cities like Los Angeles and New York.
While the interest in emigration has clearly spiked, actual emigration numbers might not match this interest due to various practical and legal barriers to moving abroad. However, the data suggests a significant portion of the population is at least exploring the possibility of leaving the United States following Trump’s re-election in 2024.
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Well, that was interesting.
Please note: Each statement by Grok was confirmed by a Google search. I haven’t included links that verify the statements as this piece is more about my venture into the AI realm.
Also by Roswell: Phoning a friend: Was it a mistake to re-elect Donald Trump?
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I posed the same question to ChatGPT and got a similar answer.
My view is that Australia should rapidly distance itself from the U.S.A. as soon as possible and take immediate action to have the U.S. military bases removed from our soil. These bases are placing Australia in danger.
Denis, I was rather impressed with AI after that experiment.
There goes my baby with someone new
She sure looks happy, I sure am blue
She was my baby ’till he stepped in
Goodbye to romance that might’ve been.
Yup bye bye America
I’m through with counting the stars above.
And yup I agree, get American military off our land
there has been no more pressing time to distance ourselves from this
rapidly emerging fascist, self absorbed and destructive regime
dragging us all down into the abyss.
Few now know of Wilhelm Reich and his work on psychology and fascism, but it is clear, informative; that we have failed to differentiate between work and politics, reality and illusion, scientific fact and mere impression, for politics is not rational as is our work and its details. Thus, long ago, Germans put into office a failed mediocre painter and it led to world misery and destruction. Can we eliminate irrationalism from politics? Political activity too often prevents the realisation of that which it pretends to fight for, peace, work, security, international co-operation, true free speech, etc. The greedy rich, the media, the gullible masses, Trumpery and trauma…
What a good question Phil, Can we eliminate irrationalism from politics????????
Thousands of years of politics, from the rise and fall of empires, the rise and fall of religious power, the emergence of democracy….. I think the answer for all that time has been ‘NO” and I think that still may well be the answer.
You and I “knew” that, Bert, did we not? And, we know that the weighted mass is just not able to grasp more…they stabbed Caesar rather than triumph in argument or votes.
We hve just made a $US500 million downpayment on Virginia Class submarines and (correct me if I’m wrong) we have a further five payments making up a total of $US3 Billion.
This is madness, we don’t have a delivery date and it is becoming apparent that these submarines when finally delivered, will be under US control.
https://news.usni.org/2025/02/10/secdef-white-house-supportive-of-aukus-australia-makes-500m-payment
Thanks for nothing Scott Morrison !
Denis Hay said above — “My view is that Australia should rapidly distance itself from the U.S.A. as soon as possible…”
The truth of that, and the danger involved with not having an independent foreign policy, is on display in the headlines from Politico today, dealing with the fallout in Europe from Trump’s moves to end the Ukraine war while excluding Europe from the talks.
Europe is finding out the hard way how vassal nations are treated by the powerful.
Headlines from Politico 14.2.25
Trump and Putin stun Europe with peace plan for Ukraine
Trump kept Germany’s Scholz in the dark about his Ukraine peace plan
‘We will soon be next’: German leaders sound alarm on Trump’s Ukraine plan
How Trump blindsided Europe as he schmoozed with Putin
Our pollies should take note.
Our pollies should take note.
Ahhhh Steve, if only that were so.
Terry thank you for the reference to our ‘never-never’ submarines.
On the assumption that our national defence – with or without the Yanks does require at least a few up-to-date subs, the linked article makes interesting reading. It was written by a retired Oz Rear Admiral and sub commander. Being senior ex-military he supports our alliance (and that we need subs), but considers AUKUS a hopeless job.
The article is worth a look.
https://johnmenadue.com/aukus-ssn-a-flawed-plan-heading-for-the-wrong-destination/
And, Terry Mills, the submarines will be secondhand cast-offs from the US navy!
Banality and hubris sees Oz politics continue its long tradition of clutching to coat-tails … “Aye, Aye, Yes, Captain-O-Captain, we too shall go down with the ship.” (to be sure we haven’t learned to navigate our coracles).
Ah yes, PP, Wilhelm Reich, way out there and ahead … never mind the very modern scientific postulate of epigenetics. Instead of reading and thinking, seeking to understand ourselves and where we’re headed, Reich [paraphrased] said, “We look over our shoulders to where we’ve been and come from, sometimes to some alleged experience before we were even born, then add up the score to now, and try to balance the books.”
Rather than behave, it seems there’s so many obsessed by getting even.