At the Blankeneser Gespräche on January 24, 2017, Dr. Sybille Reinke de Buitrago lectured on the German media debate on the new U.S. President Donald Trump. She offered insights about the motivations of this debate, as well as on the political culture of both the U.S. and Germany, the national identities of each country, the role of emotions in politics, and on current media trends.