America Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset
23/06/2026
On July 4th, 2026, the United States will celebrate Independence Day, just as it does every year. But 250 years on from the country’s Declaration of Independence, the image of the United States has become tarnished. Yet today, the United States seems increasingly alien and ever more threatening to many Europeans. Is Donald Trump’s current policy the product of a national identity shaped by history? To understand the American mindset, one must look back to the roots and myths that have shaped it — a history marked by rifts and conflicts that continue to resonate today. By drawing parallels between cowboys and populism, Thanksgiving and Charlie Kirk, this 2-part documentary demonstrates that Trump’s politics differ from those of his predecessors and are not in line with the values upon which the history of the American nation was founded.
Cast
Tom Vogt
Self - Narrator
Heike Paul
Self - Interviewee
Elisabeth Anker
Self - Interviewee
Volker Depkat
Self - Interviewee
Michael Hochgeschwender
Self - Interviewee
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Self - Interviewee
Jessica Gienow-Hecht
Self - Interviewee
Melani McAlister
Self - Interviewee
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Self - Interviewee
Michaela Hampf
Self - Interviewee
Jasper Trautsch
Self - Interviewee
Max Paul Friedman
Self - Interviewee
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
Joe Biden
Self (archive footage)
JD Vance
Self (archive footage)
Mike Pence
Self (archive footage)
Pete Hegseth
Self (archive footage)
Marco Rubio
Self (archive footage)
Elon Musk
Self (archive footage)
Bill Gates
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Chirac
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Falwell
Self (archive footage)
Oprah Winfrey
Self (archive footage)
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Self (archive footage)
Rosalynn Carter
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Melania Trump
Self (archive footage)
Usha Vance
Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
John D. Rockefeller
Self (archive footage)
Andrew Carnegie
Self (archive footage)
Henry Ford
Self (archive footage)
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