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/ciel_lanila I voted 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just looked the raw GDP numbers in case anyone is curious. .

  • US with CA: $30.338 trillion
  • European Union (as a whole): $20.29 trillion
  • China: $19.535 trillion
  • Germany: $4.922 t
  • Japan: $4.390 t
  • India: $4.270 t
  • California: $4.1 t
  • UK: $3.731 t
  • Skipping a few
  • Russia: $2.197 t

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u/SweetAlyssumm 1d ago

We also have a bunch of military bases. We could almost actually do this.

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u/Initial-Pudding7892 1d ago

This frankly means nothing

Military personnel aren’t made up exclusively of people from the state they are stationed in. You think a bunch of dudes from Texas or North Carolina are going to listen to a governor from the state they are temporarily living in to defend a state they have minimal ties to/fight against their friends and family from their home state?

People have such an out of whack view of the military in this country, it’s not made up of a bunch of automatons incapable of thinking 

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u/DumboWumbo073 1d ago

People have such an out of whack view of the military in this country, it’s not made up of a bunch of automatons incapable of thinking 

I hope you’re right most people think they are stormtroopers for a reason.