{"id":233464,"date":"2026-06-16T20:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=233464"},"modified":"2026-06-16T20:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:54:48","slug":"after-15-years-im-leaving-trumps-america-and-coming-home-to-australia-it-feels-like-an-escape-simon-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=233464","title":{"rendered":"After 15 years, I\u2019m leaving Trump\u2019s America and coming home to Australia. It feels like an escape | Simon Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I no longer wish to live in a country where performative cruelty has become the guiding principle of government When not firing off social media posts threatening potential war crimes against 93 million Iranians, Donald Trump is busy quietly killing the so-called American dream. 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