" I was hardly making it by financially because of my scholar loanword , and now the tariffs have made everything so expensive , I can barely open to eat . "
In this special edition ofBuzzFeed’s political diaries series,we’re highlighting the voices of Gen Z’ers to allow them to share their unfiltered experiences living under a second Trump administration.
We recentlyasked Gen Z’ersin theBuzzFeed Community:How has the recent Trump era affected your life so far? Here’s what they had to say:
1.There’s the Gen Z’er who said they got an IUD in fear of losing access to birth control under the Trump administration:
2.There’s the Gen Z’er who said they can “barely afford to eat” because ofTrump’s tariffs:
3.There’s the young Gen Z’er who fears for their father, who is animmigrant with a green card:
4.There’s the Gen Z air-traffic controller who says they have witnessed aviation safety be impacted byTrump’s mass layoffs:
5.There’s the trans Gen Z’er who said they were verbally attacked after being forced toupdate documents to their gender assigned at birth:
6.There’s the Gen Z’er whose national park internship was canceled due toTrump’s federal firings:
7.There’s the Gen Z’er who works as a government contractor who is witnessing what they see as instability and inefficiency that the Trump admin has created:
8.There’s the pre-vet student who said their classes have been cut due toTrump’s education funding cuts:
9.There’s the Gen Z’er struggling with the cost of living under the Trump administration:
And finally…
10.There’s the Gen Z college student who fears for their classmates after going through training in caseICE comes to their university:
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