Americans Are Doing The “Donald Duck Dash” As They Leave The U.S. In Record Numbers In 2025, more Americans moved abroad than came into the U.S. for the first time since the Great Depression, with an estimated net loss of about 150,000 people. This trend is expected to continue in 2026, driven by factors like rising living costs and political dissatisfaction. The U.S. government has a months-long backlog of Americans asking to renounce their citizenship, either to secure a foreign passport or to avoid taxation of their earnings abroad. The booming number of new relocation companies say they’re struggling to keep up with demand. They include LuxNomads for the well-to-do; GTFO Tours, attracting Trump critics; Blaxit Global, for Black Americans, and SheHitRefresh, for the biggest boom market of all, women. In 2024, requests jumped 48% and likely outpaced that in 2025, immigration firms say. Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in. “Previously, the Americans leaving were super-adventurous and well-credentialed,” said Expatsi founder Jen Barnett, a 54-year-old Alabama native who moved to Yucatán, Mexico, in 2024. “Now they’re ordinary people, like me,” she said as she ticked through growth numbers. In 2024 Expatsi, organized three group scouting trips for clients; this year it will be 57, she said: “Our goal is to move one million Americans.” More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries. “I wasn’t expecting to be surrounded by this many Americans.” In nearly all of the European Union’s 27 member states, the number of Americans arriving to live and work is at a record and rising. The total living in Portugal has jumped more than 500% since the Covid pandemic and grew by 36% in 2024 alone, official data there showed. Across dozens of interviews, U.S. expats described their motivations as a tangle of economic incentives, lifestyle preferences and disenchantment with the trajectory of America, citing violent crime, cost of living and turbulent politics. Social media is feeding into the emigration economy, with dozens of influencers demystifying the process. Kacie Rose, a former professional dancer, shares vignettes of her new life in Italy that she compiled into a bestselling memoir, “You Deserve Good Gelato.” On Instagram, Kelis—the R&B star known for singing “my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard”—regales 3 million followers with quick videos on the opportunities she says await Black Americans ready to follow her by moving to Kenya. Buffalo, N.Y., native Kelly McCoy had been struggling to make ends meet on her $80,000 salary as an insurance analyst until she moved to Albania in the summer of 2024 to take advantage of its American visa. When she arrived, she hung her home team’s flag, reading “Bills Mafia,” on her balcony, drawing confused looks from neighbors in a country battling organized crime. She likes to tell the story of how, after she was treated for a concussion and a broken arm at a local hospital, she wandered the halls confused why nobody was trying to charge her. McCoy, 45, has since relocated to Romania and works as a consultant helping other Americans with more limited means join the emigrant wave. “You’ll still find people saying only rich people can do this. I have had 15 American clients move to Albania that have been on social security or disability or both,” she said. “In Albania, you can very easily right now survive on $1,000 a month,” she added. “I have another consultation with someone tonight.” Related Articles: * Reported US Citizenship Renunciations Nearly Triple In Q2 * The Homes Where Families Go Off the Grid * Dropping Off The Grid: A Growing Movement In America Part I * Dropping Off The Grid: A Growing Movement In America Part II: * Dropping Off The Grid: A Growing Movement In America Part III: * Dropping Off The Grid: A Growing Movement In America Part IV: * Who Is A Perpetual Traveler (AKA Digital Nomad) Under The US Tax Code * The Bitcoiners Who Live Off The Grid Remainder Of The Article: Number of Americans Renouncing Citizenship Surges To Escape Oppressive Financial Compliance And Tax Rules (#GotBitcoin): https://dpl-surveillance-equipment.com/miscellaneous/number-of-americans-renouncing-citizenship-surges-to-escape-oppressive-financial-compliance-and-tax-rules-gotbitcoin/ https://image.nostr.build/a31a24d5cec8231c4b74541406cedde8c5a7158006686f2ff0eb1b3cc90ee5a1.jpg https://image.nostr.build/01c7bccd21339753057e9e21bca0417bd9084dd77e16731dcca92a21be82ad6b.jpg https://image.nostr.build/f3e80395dbf5358fde204ccd0e1364213b61300408dc8f8a0f1825a9e898eb7d.jpg https://image.nostr.build/2b4e3b185cd70dd60102ba2d2506aee9fa5045f796e5decf3acc589fa6fc67eb.jpg https://image.nostr.build/069f2cdfc0d970f703f2854b029353c57fdfebdb6849a89b6f162b8c21da2a37.jpg https://image.nostr.build/1fac36d7c18a6f3df09d2f7460fecb20255d5220422794c8db28215d2129e967.jpg https://image.nostr.build/3aec9e4d27ee3517961a1f39d577e531c8ae682d72b50279bd393878ad239851.jpg https://image.nostr.build/b107c9c80df0f33204215a6bb7d58a123b3fe59af45026ce57de57e417200b7f.jpg https://image.nostr.build/1504eead83c04d6a0dad25e0e5a042b21a3c35216d51fe125e7df3acdb85529c.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0bab3fdbb2e51c3cf8d282dca4f4b175c121b4e4d7f4cb15aa7672c0a75d3198.jpg https://image.nostr.build/f46df4c0e0ab886f7154875dd72f3fa867aff8967e8e8dde5eede7be37f3ff74.jpg https://image.nostr.build/15eb82c86e599130d19beee32bfd2e435643ab7b925ccdb5d1180ee954b069e9.jpg https://image.nostr.build/776c2107fd807ab6b0cfb16a6f33031e38bb48e61282c871affb6f1332183874.jpg https://image.nostr.build/fa1c77b24d7417d46e15f0f9dface8e3d068cb385e5c4d8488c4d9b99789b65a.jpg https://image.nostr.build/5ebb92be5a9a15198971a762f2ec000f02c4702510b68e3a38091e766b5f977d.jpg https://image.nostr.build/f85b6fdc5091162ee27ac979acf228831c542a4d23ba3c1788c25249fc9f6882.jpg https://image.nostr.build/c4426c134ca9154dc5c71bf3291a73362c3dc10b39bd7ba2298b81aa72e9ac46.jpg