Please note: this event starts at 7.30pm. The visiting address of the venue is located at Kruithuisstraat 25, which is not the regular entrance to the museum.
Join the John Adams Institute and Room for Discussion to dive headfirst into the implications of a second Trump administration.
Themes like “restoring America’s greatness” and “securing our borders” resonated with voters across the country, bringing with them far-reaching implications both at home and abroad. The electorate is clear: it is time for change. They placed trust in the Republican message, which campaigned on withdrawing from foreign wars, bringing down prices at the pump and in the grocery store, and upending the immigration system.
How will campaign promises and domestic priorities translate to concrete policy and how might this impact the standing of the United States in the world? In the weeks following the results of 5 November, glimpses of what a second Trump administration may look like are slowly becoming more apparent. One thing, however, is certain: the vision is clearer and the scope more far-reaching than in 2016. With a decisive victory in both the Electoral College and the popular vote, a united Republican party and Trump’s team of advisors are gunning to make their platform a reality.
Nevertheless, the country appears more divided than ever, and the questions remain: can the new administration find common ground to bridge divides between Americans? What will this result mean for the fate of Europe, and for us, right here in the Netherlands? And what are your personal hopes, fears, and expectations for America’s future?
Join our panel of experts to delve into these and other pertinent issues at a town-hall style event, where questions are not only welcome, but encouraged.
- Anna van Zoest, director of the Netherlands Atlantic Association, will help us delve into the foreign policy implications of the incoming administration: from the war in Ukraine to the position of the United States in the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific.
- Kenneth Manusama, author, lawyer and America expert, will deliver insights on how American society may be altered from a legal and constitutional perspective.
- Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal, journalist and former America correspondent, for the NOS will analyze the outcome of the elections and the challenges America is facing, politically and economically.
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- Book: Kenneth Manusuma – Democratie van het Wilde Westen. The problems in American democracy did not start with the election of Donald Trump, and are not unique in American history. But the danger to democracy in America is more serious than ever before.
- Movie: The Apprentice – The story of how a young Donald Trump started his real-estate business in 1970s and ’80s New York with the helping hand of infamous lawyer Roy M. Cohn.
- Listen: Leonard Cohen – Democracy. The song released during the fall of the Berlin Wall, at a time when Cohen said he found himself reflecting on what democracy meant and where progress was being made toward it.
