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/oatseatinggoats Canada 1d ago

They should join us in the great white North. Then Trump never has to worry about pandering to them for votes ever again!

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u/Digitz17 1d ago

Can Michigan join? I'd rather be Canadian at this point.

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u/treple13 1d ago

As a Canadian I'm not really supportive of any state joining us. Even the bluest states have too many Trump supporters

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u/oatseatinggoats Canada 1d ago

Eh, California would be more progressive to Canada than Alberta would, and California has a shit loud of MAGA people. An oil producing state that also has progressive views.

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u/uluviel 1d ago

Even been to Northen California?

Parts of California are very republican. They just have populous Los Angeles and San Francisco to offset it.

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u/VanceKelley Washington 1d ago

Yep. My guess is that if you go to any rural mainly White area of the USA you will find massive MAGA support.

The flip side is that if you go to any diverse urban area in any state you will find major opposition to trump.

The pro-fascist / pro-democracy divide in America does not nicely fall along state borders.

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u/oatseatinggoats Canada 1d ago

Northern California is basically Alberta. So no change politically there.

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u/IHaveNoEgrets California 1d ago

After the shit Trump pulled with the water release, the farmers in the Central Valley might not be as hardcore as they were before.

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u/SailnGame Canada 1d ago

The "progressive" views of basically everything in the US is basically in line with everything the right leaning parties in Canada. But you are correct that they would be more progressive than Alberta.

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u/6435683453 1d ago

Rural Alberta specifically. Provincially, at least, none of Edmonton supports that shit, and only the exurbs of Calgary does.

Frankly, Canada's problem isn't Alberta specifically. It's the maple maga belt that is dominated by rural voters in BC, Alberta, Sasktachewan and Manitoba.

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u/Piccolo60000 1d ago

I’ve met people from Alberta. If any of them are an indication of the rest of the province, I’d say California is waaay more progressive.