Raymond Mens | Long Live America

America expert Raymond Mens will hit theaters nationwide in the fall of 2024 with a lecture on the U.S. presidential election. Why is Donald Trump coming back in the first place? Why doesn't Joe Biden just retire? And how does the American electoral system actually work?

In his theater lecture 'Long Live America' Raymond Mens shares his passion for America, discusses current events and answers questions from the audience. The American expert is the same man that viewers see on television: enthusiastic, cheerful and witty. But above all: full of passion about the country he loves so much.

Trump era

Of course, Holland's best-known America expert will also take the audience on a journey through the Trump era, as detailed in his book "Lang Leve Trump. The upcoming American elections will be unprecedentedly exciting, not only for America itself but also for us here in Europe. After all, the mechanisms that America's 45th president is capitalizing on are much bigger and more important than himself. What is his formula for success? What are the key ingredients? The answers to these questions say a lot about his political rise, but even more about what we can expect in the coming years should Donald win the upcoming election.

Media War

Mens further elaborates on the influence of America's news media, as described in his latest book, "News As a Weapon. He discusses a media war that has long since ceased to be about ratings, but about political power. Along recognizable excerpts, he gives the audience a bizarre look behind the scenes and explains the rise of FOX News.

Raymond Mens

Raymond Mens (1986) is an American expert and political scientist. Among other things, he is known for popular, well-known TV programs such as Vandaag Inside (SBS6) and Op1 (NPO1), where he provides pointed commentary on the latest developments from the United States. Mens sees himself as a commentator analyzing a soccer match: eye on the ball, love for the game played, and objective.

Raymond Mens' theater lecture is a fun, interactive, audio-visual show with lots of (TV) footage of speeches, debates, meetings and bizarre events from American politics.