The USA has become foreign to us. While it has always been a country of contradictions, Donald Trump's presidency made it clear: fundamental shifts are occurring, and what once seemed reliable is breaking apart. Even after Donald Trump, things will not return to how they were before. Klaus Brinkbäumer illustrates why this is the case in his extensive book about America. As the editor-in-chief and long-time US correspondent for the news magazine Der Spiegel, he knows the country like few others. Over the years, he has spoken with Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, and Hillary Clinton, as well as George Clooney and Bruce Springsteen, and had a somewhat challenging phone conversation with Donald Trump. In his passionate yet analytical portrayal of people, places, moods, history, and stories, he paints a picture of a changing America.