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/meanseanbean 1d ago

Y'all wanna come join Canada? It's pretty dope up here. We'd love to have ya. The rest of America can fuck right off though. Actually, we'll accept Vermont and the rest of the North East coast if they want to come.

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u/TinFoilBeanieTech 1d ago

Y'all wanna come join Canada?

I've been flying a Cascadia flag for years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_flag

Seriously, my family is talking about emigrating to BC. We're lining up our docs and going to talk to an immigration lawyer soon. Hopefully soon enough before SHTF.

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u/meanseanbean 1d ago

WHAT?! We already have a flag?! Not gonna lie, that flag rocks. I visit Canada's 2nd largest Douglas Fir tree pretty regularly, at least once a year. It's quite the sight. Anyways, welcome to the club, I'll go grab your toque.

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u/PickleNotaBigDill 1d ago

I wish you'd take Michigan...please?

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u/meanseanbean 1d ago

Hmmm... Okay. On one condition, you gotta convince Minnesota to come as well. They are pretty much Canadians already.

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u/Domitiani 1d ago

I'm not going to lie - as a Minnesotan I'm pretty pissed California beat us to this.

... and all the other states lining up to be part of Canada before us is unacceptable. We got here first!!! ;)

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u/meanseanbean 1d ago

I've always felt a special kinship with Minnesota and it's people. Maybe it's the cold, maybe it's our entirely normal way of speaking, but I just feel the love with you guys.

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u/Kitchen-Quality-3317 1d ago

You know that's essentially reverse colonialism, right? California and the north east have way more people, so the original Canadians would become a minority in their own country.

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u/meanseanbean 1d ago

Nope, we'd all be Canadians. And we're not becoming Americans, so either saddle up or don't. America is fucked, but we got enough space for the good ones.