r/bayarea • u/Front-Resident-5554 • 1d ago

Politics & Local Crime California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/RefrigeratorWrong390 1d ago

It’s time for California to put secession on the ballot again. Pacific Rim Alliance, California, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii. Maybe we can join Canada as a province l.

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u/bionicfeetgrl 1d ago

Yeah that’s not gonna happen. I ride hard for Ca and always will. I love my state. But we can’t secede, for a million reasons, least of which we need 2/3 congressional approval.

We also would be an island unto ourselves. Ca military isn’t enough to fight against the rest of the nation or our enemies.

We wouldn’t have a currency.

Nations would have to decide to trade with us or the rest of the nation.

I want Ca to thrive always, every day. I want Ca to explode with success in the face of Trump’s harebrained ideas. But we’re not leaving.

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u/RefrigeratorWrong390 1d ago

There’s plenty of time for things to get way worse and the political will to be there