r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

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/airemy_lin 1d ago

The stepping stones for American balkanization.

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u/kittenTakeover 1d ago

American balkanization is horrible idea for American's FYI.

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u/Dances_With_Cheese 1d ago

It is but we’re surrounded by horrible ideas. If I had to pick between being part of a smaller, weaker country or part of a country that invades Canada and Greenland the choice is easy.

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u/kittenTakeover 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's highly unlikely for the US to actually invade Canada, and if it did it has nowhere near the political support needed to pull it off. There would be riots in the street. Politicians would be voted out for any support. Almost nobody in the US wants a war on their doorstep with Canada.

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u/Dances_With_Cheese 1d ago

I didn’t say it would be successful or popular or winnable. I agree with almost everything you said except that nothing is highly unlikely anymore.

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u/ashymatina Canada 1d ago

I honestly don’t think that’s the case. I’ve been hearing “oh that will never happen, there’d be riots in the street” about hundreds of things in regards to your guys country and this administration for years now, and guess what? No riots.

The time to start rioting and revolting has long passed. At this point it seems clear the majority of your country is far too passive and adverse to any discomfort to actually revolt, and I don’t buy for a minute that trump would be stopped by the American people from invading us. I’m pretty tired of Americans treating genuine threats to our sovereignty as a joke or impossibility, when he’s done every tbh but he’s said be was going to so far. Here in Canada we’re treating it like a real fucking threat and we will fight.

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u/SgtMcMuffin0 1d ago

I agree with everything you just said, but I thought the same thing about multiple things that have already happened.

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u/yoLeaveMeAlone 1d ago

You say these things are unpopular and would result in riots in the streets at the same time as our president is saying he wants to do those things...

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u/BengalsGonnaBungle 1d ago

It's highly unlikely for the US to actually invade Canada

It's not unlikely at all, especially once trump's tariffs destroy the economy and we head into a depression.