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/pm_me_ur_ParusMajors North Carolina 1d ago

Considering how much agriculture and manufacturing actually come out of California, this would have a substantial impact on the rest of the US. The California gdp is as much as in the top 5 gdp's in the world.

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u/Cisco-NintendoSwitch 1d ago

Right, California could secede and collapse all the red states.

Either way we’re heading to something.

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u/Daxx22 Canada 1d ago

As relatively careful Civil War was to not be to politically specific, having California be one of the succeeding states is pretty realistic/required logistically.

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u/BirdOfHermess Europe 1d ago

I remember when people were slamming that specific movie for being "completely unrealistic" and "a president would never get a 3rd term IRL". Good times

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u/overcomebyfumes New Jersey 23h ago

It's not like I couldn't envision right-wing Californian extremists doing a coup of the state government, then allying with Texas to secede. It's not that unrealistic the way things are heading.