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/Zanhana California 1d ago edited 1d ago

lmao yeah I'm sure the Founding Fathers [insert the world's biggest jackoff motion] were really worried about Spanish territory in California leaving the U.S. 250 years later

(also, remind me why anyone should give a fuck what those slaveowners thought?)

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u/wyomingTFknott 1d ago

Yeah well the USD wasn't a fiat currency then either. Doesn't mean it wouldn't collapse if our country broke up.