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/Archer1407 1d ago

Trump is going to launch a trade war against California in the next few days.

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u/pm_me_ur_ParusMajors North Carolina 1d ago

Considering how much agriculture and manufacturing actually come out of California, this would have a substantial impact on the rest of the US. The California gdp is as much as in the top 5 gdp's in the world.

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u/Cisco-NintendoSwitch 1d ago

Right, California could secede and collapse all the red states.

Either way we’re heading to something.

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u/TehMephs 1d ago

Take us with you!

Signed, Colorado

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u/Sudden-Investment 1d ago

In the non realistic fever dream of States seceding I always felt Colorado would get shafted since it struck in the middle of the US.

  • California, Oregon, Washington are fine since they have the Pacific Ocean.
  • Minnesota, Michigan, maybe Wisconsin all share a border with Canada to the North.
  • New York and many of the North East States either border Canada or the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Colorado borders all Deep Red States and New Mexico.

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u/AllRushMixTapes 1d ago

Colorado would be invaded because of the watershed. No way does the U.S. let us leave without a fight.

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u/headbangershappyhour 1d ago

In that case, CA would launch a counterattack into Southern NV/Northern AZ to capture the entire Hoover and Glen Canyon Dam infrastructure and all of the associated water distribution networks. That water is too important for Los Angeles and to bribe the central valley farmers to not revolt.

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u/TheBigWil 1d ago

Basically New Vegas, but without the cool stuff

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u/KasseanaTheGreat Iowa 1d ago

Maybe if Musk decides to double down on insisting it was actually a "Roman" salute it might literally just be New Vegas

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u/Spongebobgolf 1d ago

I was going to say, that sounds like some New Vegas shit right there

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u/Kind-Mountain-61 18h ago

That’s a reasonable fear for people of Arizona. If something goes sideways with the Hoover Dam, the rest of our watershed is gone. Phoenix depends on this water source. 

A few months without a steady flow of water equals five million residents exiting the state.

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u/Dorgamund 1d ago

It would have to go either way. If CO makes threats to the states downstream of the river, it could very likely drag those other states along.