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/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/Level21DungeonMaster 1d ago

I hope so. These red states have been ruining everything for a long time, it’s long past time to cut them off.

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u/distortedsymbol 1d ago

yeah but each and every red state all have very blue urban centers, and even california has deep red areas in the middle.

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u/relevantelephant00 1d ago

Time to go back to City States!

Leave the MAGA rural morons to their own devices.

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u/McFlyParadox Massachusetts 1d ago

That is literally one of the goals of the so-called "Butterfly Revolution" that some of the billionaires in the States are advocating for right now. Don't fall for that trap

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u/relevantelephant00 1d ago

I wouldnt seriously consider it, that's a joke. But it sucks that decent normal folks in the blue cities of red states suffer because of their yokel dumbass neighbors in the rural areas.

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u/WeirdJawn 1d ago

I get that rural areas tend to be more conservative, but people act like liberals can't or would never want to live in rural areas.