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/6435683453 1d ago

As a Canadian, I honestly think the best case scenario here is for the three west coast states to secede and form their own nation, and for New England to do the same.

If your Constitution no longer matters, then there's nothing to stop either region from telling the red states to piss off.

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u/TehMephs 1d ago

I’m less worried about it the anemic red states surrounding us and more about the fact we’d be cut off from support by geography if he sicced the US military our way

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u/Snoutysensations 1d ago

If your Constitution no longer matters, then there's nothing to stop either region from telling the red states to piss off.

Except for the giant US military, which is politically majority Republican, far more than the general population, even though ethnic minorities disproportionately enlist.

Doubtless many soldiers and officers would be reluctant to attack other Americans, but I have no doubt that some would take pleasure in it.