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/ForgettableUsername America 1d ago

The US breaking up into warring factions is the biggest win Russia could have hoped for.

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u/hookyboysb 1d ago

It's a bigger win for China. They basically control the world economy once Trump is done messing with it. Russia won't truly be powerful until the EU collapses, which Trump is accidentally strengthening.

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u/mitkase 1d ago

And really, the odds of Russia being able to turn any of this into a big win is not very likely, at least to my eyes. Russia is overplaying its hand, Trump is eating paste, and China is sipping oolong in the background waiting for the Lil Tyrants to tire themselves out.

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u/VonSchplintah 1d ago

It always gets worse for the Russian people.

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u/oldmaninparadise 1d ago

Mostly if you stand close to the hospitals upper floor windows. For some reason, a hugely high chance of somehow falling out.

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u/RedditTrespasser 1d ago

Russian culture takes a sort of perverse pride in misery, always has. You aren’t a real man unless your life is ugly, brutish, short and drenched in vodka.

I guess it makes sense when you consider the climate.