r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 20h 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/WingedGundark Europe 20h ago

Well, it could be just war too.

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u/North_Activist 19h ago

It’s pretty much the plot of Civil War (2024), a president who tries to steal a third term and California and Texas among others rebel

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u/frosty_the_blowman 19h ago

California I could see. It's Hard to imagine Texas seceding over Trump taking a third term. If the Republicans in Congress right now are any indication then they will welcome any unconstitutional moves so long as it benefits Trump/their "team".

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u/AdminsCanSuckMyDong 18h ago

They clearly made Texas and Cali on the same side in that movie to try and avoid making the movie overly political.

It seemed to work, there wasn't that much stuff online with people trying to cancel the movie.

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u/rickane58 16h ago

It seemed to work, there wasn't that much stuff online with people trying to cancel the movie.

Unfortunately, the marketing also didn't work for the same reason.

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u/BrainMarshal 4h ago

As soon as I saw the premise was California and Texas on the same side I lost interest. Zero connection with reality. They'd legislate the sky is polkadots just to troll us.

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u/theapeboy 14h ago

It seemed to work because it was marketed as a movie with a message, that ultimately seemed to lack one almost entirely.

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u/Haltopen Massachusetts 10h ago edited 10h ago

It definitely had a message, it just wasn’t one specifically about politics like Alex Garland made it out to be. It was about human nature, how the “stability” we desperately try to hold onto is an illusion that can crumble at any time and how anyone can become a monster when they become desensitized to violence