I’m standing on my neighbour's lawn, watching my house burn down. But I'm not powerless, and neither are you.

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It’s a weird time to be an American in Canada.

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I left the U.S. in fall 2022 to study at McGill, at a moment when American democracy felt broken but healing. More than a year after Jan. 6, it seemed the country was ready to move past Donald Trump.

Instead, as I worked toward my degree, I watched from Canada as Trump returned and everything unravelled. Now, in my final semester at McGill, my home is in a full-blown authoritarian crisis.

There were some periods of hope, such as my fall 2024 semester, when it seemed like we were on track to elect America’s first female president and turn the page on toxic Trumpism once and for all. That wishful thinking blew up in our faces.

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