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The Wall Street Journal touched off a viral fake news story headlined “Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers”. This was quickly turned into clickbait by the usual suspects.
More people are moving out of the U.S. than moving in for the first time since the Great Depression—a bad omen for the $38.8 trillion national debt – Fortune
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers. Here’s What’s Driving the Trend – People
Americans Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers Under Trump – The Daily Beast
The starting point for this is ‘negative net migration’. Trump achieved negative net migration which means the mass invasion is dying down.
That’s a great number.
It also means that the number of invaders has dropped that there are more people leaving than coming here.
The media is trying to spin this as a bad thing. And the Wall Street Journal cites various random statistics about Americans living and working abroad. That’s however very different from actually leaving America for good.
Here’s the ‘tell’ that the Wall Street Journal is being dishonest.
Last year, more Americans moved to Germany than Germans moved to America. The same was true in Ireland, which welcomed 10,000 people from the U.S. in 2025, about double those who came in 2024.
If there was any thought that this was a fleeting pandemic-era experiment of laptop nomads logging in from distant shores, data hints at its longevity. The U.S. government has a monthslong backlog of Americans asking to renounce their citizenship, either to secure a foreign passport or to avoid taxation of their earnings abroad. In 2024, requests jumped 48% and likely outpaced that in 2025, immigration firms say.
Americans are applying for British citizenship at the highest rate since records began in 2004: some 6,600 in the year to March 2025. They are securing Irish passports at a record pace: 31,825 in 2024, and an estimated 40,000 last year.
Quick. Spot the difference. The WSJ provides numbers of Americans living in Ireland and the UK, but a statistical increase in the number of Americans actually abandoning their citizenship. Why hide the figure?
Because the number, less than 5,000, is underwhelming.
The actual “record number” of Americans who are permanently leaving was 4,820 in 2024. Most of this can’t be blamed on Trump. There are no numbers for 2025 as of yet.
But here’s the actual breakdown, courtesy of Boundless, for the citizenship abandonment.
2020: The all-time high of 6,705 renunciations was recorded, likely driven by pandemic disruptions and ongoing tax compliance burdens.
2021–2023: Numbers dropped temporarily (2,426 in 2021) but returned above 5,000 in 2023, suggesting a persistent elevated trend.
2024: Nearly 5,000 individuals officially renounced their U.S. citizenship. Quarterly data shows notable fluctuations:
Q1: ~350 cases
Q2: Over 1,700
Q3: Peaked at more than 2,150
Q4: Dropped to around 600
There’s no record and it has nothing to do with Trump.
The Wall Street Journal puts together various stories about young ‘digital nomads’ working abroad and some elderly people trying to save money and invents a mass migration out of America over Trump. Another significant reason for Americans living abroad is that they’re not Americans. They’re foreigners with U.S. citizenship. Mexico is full of ‘Americans’ of Mexican origin who go back and forth. Ditto for a lot of other countries.
But the number of Americans leaving permanently is insignificant and not a record. The story is false.
What is happening is that the invasion is dying down and the WSJ hates that because it wants cheap labor and is trying to spin that as a renunciation of Trump’s strong immigration policies.
Yes, so a few Lefties – some dual citizens – and a few others with narrow interests left.
But the WSJ implied that Trump was bringing on the End Of The World.
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Well, to be fair, Daniel, …
… I am pretty sure the people who are leaving are FAR, FAR, more important to the patricians (in their own mind) running the WSJ
… than the hoi polloi out where the trailer park dwellers dwell …
And even those Riley O’Donnell and Alan DeGeneres guys came back to America, and they hate this country and its people.
Yeah, they didn’t like the cold, rainy winters over there 🙂
When are other conservatives going to admit that the Wall Street Journal is a left-wing rag whose editors and writers only care about other elitist scumbags who care more about the markets than the standard and cost of American living? That rag is for neocons, D-Bags and bird cages only.
And its ridiculous lies about Americans leaving the country permanently sure proves that.
Just when I thought you could not post dumber stuff, you outdo yourself. “….the Wall Street Journal is a left-wing rag.” Talk about incredibly dumb. I suspect you don’t subscribe to it because it costs too much.
At the corner of Clueless and Don’tEverInsultMy GOD Trump, any criticism of Trump has to make the critic a leftist.
It was none other than Donald Trump, when criticized by conservatives, who responded “it’s the Republican Party not the Conservative Party.” True conservatives don’t think the federal government should be owning parts of corporation, e.g. Intel. True conservatives don’t resort to using the leftist phrase “I support fair trade, not free trade.” True conservatives justifiably criticize the fiscal irresponsibility of Trump, who said he’d balance the budget but it might take two terms. “Maybe cutting taxes and increasing defense spending will lower the deficit” said someone who clearly doesn’t understand basic math logic. Trump wants lower interest rates. Why haven’t long-term rates, which the Fed does not control, come down much? Hmmm, educate us Jeff, what does an increased supply of bonds mean for interest rates?
The secret to American prosperity is now protecting consumers from low import prices. Beam me up, Scotty. There’s no intelligent life down here.
Just when I thought you could not post gayer stuff, you outdo yourself. “….the Wall Street Journal is not a left-wing rag. It’s swell and not a neocon shill for the markets over the vast majority of Americans at all. Lots of people in their 80s and 90s still read newspapers, because nobody is really moving out of America in real numbers.” Talk about incredibly dumb. I suspect you pretend to subscribe to it because it sucks and is anti-American. “Fuck the cost of living and what my Karen mommy can afford to buy me. Internet trolling and glory hole buffets are my life!”
True conservatives are fiscally conservative, not fan boys for markets that harm the standard of living for the majority and they don’t spout mentally retarded slogans. Why does the fed control ALL rates, liar? Why are bond prices going so far up? Why do only parasites make money off government debt? Why are you a tranny when Americans hate trannies?
Import prices are STLL low after Trump’s tariffs, you unmitigated cretin. Why do Americans want snapperheads in China who are doing all they can to ruin America get rich, and why do you cheer lead for the CCP?
And Scotty would beam you into the vacuum of space because you’re a waste of space.
The Wall Street Journal is a left-wing rag sociopolitically and a neocon butt fucker of America financially. It sucks almost as hard as you do.
Oh, and the blood sucker vampire class of Americans always celebrate when prices go up. That includes the vampires at the WSJ. They suck. We ordinary and patriotic Americans hate them.
Wow, a gay joke from Jeff. Shocking that! I remember when I was in junior high and made gay jokes.
“Import prices are STLL low after Trump’s tariffs…” Because tariffs, as taxes, bring prices down, right dummy?
“The Wall Street Journal is a left-wing rag sociopolitically…” Talk about an absurd level of ignorance. Put that dunce cap on.
Here’s AI on the question is the Wall Street Journal conservative? You’d better hope Trump doesn’t put a tax on economic illiteracy.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is widely characterized as conservative, particularly regarding its editorial and opinion sections. However, media analysts and readers often distinguish between its news reporting and its editorial board.
Distinction Between News and Opinion
Editorial Board: Its opinion pages are famously conservative, favoring pro-business, free-market, and neoconservative positions. The board is influential in establishment conservative circles and has historically been critical of liberal policies, such as the Affordable Care Act.
Just when I think things can’t be getting any better I find out that democraps are leaving the U.S. in record numbers. Don’t spoil it for me, Daniel.
We need MORE of the “elite” to leave! They can spew hatred of the USA from ANYWHERE via the internet! Oh, but they better not take ANY offense with ANYTHING going on in their new HOMES because most of those other Nations don’t cotton to ANY criticism! Did the Slimes happen to report the horde heading to Gaza? I look forward to the day when islam is completely removed from the USA and most other Western Nations!
Good riddance and by reading these rags (which I won’t even use to put below my dogs feeding bowl for fear of contamination)… Hopefully more of them will be encouraged to jump overboard….
Like the nutcase who fled to Canada and is now crying for help…
I am in my 7th decade and I am just now finding out Americans can renounce their citizenship. How? Daniel includes why. But I don’t think renouncing one’s USA’s citizenship will remove the tax burden and how will you take it with you?
I don’t know. I don’t care. I can’t imagine renouncing one’s USA citizenship. The world wants to live in USA. Those wealthy celebrities who shot off their mouths most certainly did not renounce their citizenship and I assume by now no one gives a trannies uber alles about what they think and these trannies uber alles celebrities alienate more former fans that would see their movies and listen to their music or read their books. Oh, they say they can do fine without us …. well the margin is thinning out for them.
What is not mentioned about the people who are allegedly fleeing America is what they all have common: They’re all people with means above that of the average American. That is to say, they all tend to be well off to outright rich.
In my experience it’s always rich liberals and their offspring who hate America the most. They typify the saying: “the idle mind is the playground of the devil.” The average American is busy 24/7/365 trying to make ends meet and don’t have the time or inclination to get involved with hating America and protesting against the country.
The aily Beast is just your r typic cl leftists news rad fiction then fact
“More people moved to Germany from the U.S. than moved to the U.S. from Germany.”
Considering that:
1. The population of the U.S. is roughly 4 times that of Germany, and
2. The average after-tax income of the U.S. is roughly 38% higher than that of Germany,
…that is hardly surprising.
As Mark Twain said “There are lies, damned lies, and there are statistics!”