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Very reasonable.

US Exit Tax for comparison:

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/expa...

https://americansoverseas.org/en/knowledge-centre/exit-tax-u...

Those only apply if you renounce your citizenship, not if you simply change your country of residence. However, unlike Germany, the US taxes its citizens regardless of their country of residence so renouncing your citizenship and paying that exit tax is the only way to stop being responsible for paying US taxes.

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