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Fortune
Prarthana Prakash

Trump has unwittingly set off a brain drain of ‘intellectual refugees’ as U.S. applicants to U.K. jobs spike

President Donald Trump in the White House earlier this week. (Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump’s pitch has been about bringing jobs back to the U.S. But a growing number of Americans would rather search for employment outside the U.S. amid the changing political landscape. 

Americans made up 8.5% of foreigners interested in U.K. jobs in the first three months of 2025, an increase of 2.4 percentage points compared to a year ago. That makes Americans the fastest-growing U.K.-interested job group, and puts them not far behind leader India (11.3%), according to job search site Indeed. 

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