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/IdkAbtAllThat America 1d ago

It's defacto secession. And m I'm all for it.

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u/Thac0isWhac0 1d ago

During his first term I started seeing balkanization chatter floating around a lot more, curious to see if that's what comes of all this shit.

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u/ern19 1d ago

Look man I’m all for what California is doing but maybe not if it results in me living in the republic of Floribama

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u/TacticalFunky 1d ago

I'm all for California doing this, but as a fellow Southeasterner/Floridian it would suck to get stuck in the Confederacy of Dunces.

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u/slingshot91 Illinois 1d ago

Would it be all that different than your current existence?

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u/TacticalFunky 1d ago

Fair point. :\