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/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/TehMephs 1d ago

Take us with you!

Signed, Colorado

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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