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/Archer1407 1d ago

Trump is going to launch a trade war against California in the next few days.

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u/Snow_source District Of Columbia 1d ago

I was thinking the endgame here from the current regime is to balkanize the US between Blue and Red states.

I really don't want to be right.

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u/CanadianTrashInspect 1d ago

It doesn't even make sense because the divide is very much rural vs urban. Even California and New York - which are held as examples of big Blue States - are 38% and 43% Republican.

Both those states have extremely red regions outside of the cities. So it's unlikely that those people would side with the Democratic state government over the Republican feds.

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u/Dorkamundo 1d ago

Then the republicans would simply move, just like how when Texas was talking succession a lot of democrats were planning to move if it happened.

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u/Wyn6 1d ago

Secession. Yes. I'm that guy. ​​

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u/rickane58 1d ago

Nah man, Texas Democrats just hadn't had time to catch up on their HBO backlog and were tired of the Republicans spoiling it. California has a more spoiler-conscious culture.

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u/CanadianTrashInspect 1d ago

Simply move?

6 million voters would abandon their homes and farmlands instead of fighting back?

Texas democrats are urban people. Uprooting an urban job and life is a totally different ballgame compared to the rural folks involved in agriculture.

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u/shmehdit 1d ago

would simply move

Yeah you're telling us all we need to know about your grasp on things with this

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u/Dorkamundo 1d ago

As if I don't understand that it's not "Simple" to move.

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u/shmehdit 1d ago

Well that's what you wrote, along with "succession" instead of "secession"

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u/Dorkamundo 1d ago

Good job, you've proven that you're smarter than me. Now what?

Do you feel better? Does it solve your problems? Did it help you in any way?