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/sweatycat New York 1d ago

This is good to see- Hope Hochul has New York do the same.

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u/Mrmojorisincg Rhode Island 1d ago

I’m hoping New York and New England follows suit. Definitely possible

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u/Orphasmia 1d ago

We really might have another civil war over this huh.

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u/awc130 1d ago

Depends. If Trump wants to be the undisputed king of the country, letting all the blue states walk makes that very easy.

Techno-oligarchs get a playground to despoil, while getting to retreat to nice places that they don't have to pay for. Russian oligarchs don't spend much time in Russia for example.

Finally, Putin had one of his more overt puppets float the idea of California seceding around the time of Trump's first term. So the one whispering in his ear might see US balkanization as the ultimate goal.