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/Automatic-Wonder-299 California 1d ago

On One hand, that’s pretty unconstitutional

On the other hand, the constitution has already been shredded at this point, so who care

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u/my_nameborat 1d ago

At this point as someone living in a red state, fuck the red states. Blue states should form a trade coalition that bypasses all of it because the rules apparently no longer matter

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u/InterestingTry5190 Illinois 1d ago

Pritzker already has a trade agreement for Illinois with Mexico. I’m sure they could set-up something like some did during COVID.

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u/WinonasChainsaw 1d ago

Based Pritzker

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u/LongLiveAnalogue 1d ago

If we ever have elections again I hope I can vote for him on a ballot. He’s a damn good governor

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u/SomeCountryFriedBS 1d ago edited 1d ago

He's about the only candidate I've voted for without pinching my nose.

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u/doughball27 1d ago

maybe he can run for president?

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u/illwill79 1d ago

He doesn't want to, by his own words. He doesn't believe billionaires should hold that office.

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u/closethebarn 1d ago

As someone from a nearish red state I envy you for your governor and hope someday he will be someone I can vote for too

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u/--kwisatzhaderach-- 1d ago

Somehow a billionaire is the one best standing up to Trump, didn’t see that coming

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u/SomeCountryFriedBS 1d ago

Billionaire with a trans sister, both grandchildren of a Ukrainian immigrant who realized the American Dream.

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u/Yoshi9909 1d ago

Despite making it through less ethical means can’t you argue with that logic that Trump is a billionaire with an immigrant grandfather who realized the American dream?

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u/SomeCountryFriedBS 1d ago

Not sure why it would be an argument but sure.

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u/Yoshi9909 1d ago

Maybe I read it wrong but I thought you were implying that Pritzker’s family had achieved the American dream while Trump’s had not. My bad

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u/donkeyrocket 1d ago

Turns out you need a "good" billionaire to take on a bad "billionaire."

I may dislike the fact that he's so incredibly wealthy but fact of the matter is he otherwise seems like a decent person, good governor, and would be a great presidential candidate. A massive outlier of the mega-wealthy that we've come to know in the US.

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u/loglighterequipment California 1d ago

Like Pritzker, FDR also came from old money and was wealthy.

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u/Yoshi9909 1d ago

JFK too

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u/thiccstrawberry420 1d ago

i read “JFC” instead of “JFK” and became immediately disappointed in myself. i mean, but that’s what i did say when i found out, as a kid, why JFK suddenly no longer was president.