Tomasz Tatum, an author raised in the United States and today a passionate European, currently lives in Germany and enjoys observing people and writing about what he sees. Having spent decades travelling all over the world, he still finds himself viewing things around him with a distinctly American perspective. On his numerous trips to the US, however, this viewpoint has evolved to where the sense of identity is often strained. He regards the story of #realbigtweety as an attempt to reconcile what he sees with a nation whose vibrant, democratic cultural heritage is called into question by irrationality and alternative realities.