But then, I remember he's getting nothing for free here. He's giving up his citizenship. Under the current economic/political climate, that may be something that looks easy to do on a whim ("The US is going to lose superpower status! Who cares!"), but this is a big, big thing. You lose all rights to live and work in the US, and can't ever get this back.
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That's my knee-jerk reaction as well.
But then, I remember he's getting nothing for free here. He's giving up his citizenship. Under the current economic/political climate, that may be something that looks easy to do on a whim ("The US is going to lose superpower status! Who cares!"), but this is a big, big thing. You lose all rights to live and work in the US, and can't ever get this back.