Is there anyone else who feels this way?
However, in late 2016 I was interviewing with Palantir, and the political climate, combined with Thiel's involvement, let me to withdraw my candidacy after 2 phone interviews prior to the on-site.
However I must say I felt like Melbourne would be a lot more startup adept than it is. I feel like Sydney is quite a while in front, but all of Australia lags behind Israel and London (outside the US anyway.)
This too. Who needs this kind of aggravation? Seriously the bureaucratic process around entering the US is extremely discouraging
The uncertainty surrounding the entire adminstration and it's policies gives pause for thought and has introduced a rogue element into the calculation (at last for me) but only time will tell if many others feel this way and act on these instincts
Not to mention living in a country where being openly racist is not something that would exclide you from being president.
For the second part, I still believe you're getting too distracted. The US is a huge country with a lot of diversity. If you apply at YC and magically get in, you'd have to come to the san francisco bay area. Here, it's pro Obama. The large majority of California is Democrat. It is an extremely diverse place. This is where tech startups do business so I'd see it as a distraction if you don't get impacted by #1 and still believe the US is not a great place to start a company coming from another country.
There are ~350 million people here, with completely diverse views. Normal daily life here will be fine for you, as most people are hospitable overall. Especially in technological hotspots like California or Chicago.