Since there’s not a whole of useful things to say about the election at the moment, I though I’d flag this article from March, which might be useful to some of you:
I’m an American who left the US when George Bush was re-elected. I moved to Berlin with no German, no job and no work permit — just some savings and determination. In the last 8 years I’ve learned German, been through several dream jobs, started my own company and gotten permanent residency in Germany. And if I can do it, you can too.
If you’re sure you can’t get a job, applying for asylum is another possibility.