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/ForgettableUsername America 1d ago

The US breaking up into warring factions is the biggest win Russia could have hoped for.

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u/ArkitekZero 1d ago

Yeah any time I see this suggested I don't see anyone else asking what happens to the nukes and supercarriers. You aren't just gonna get a proportional amount of them handed over

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u/espressocycle 1d ago

California has more military installations assigned nuclear-warfare responsibilities than any other state and ranks fourth in the number of nuclear warheads stockpiled.

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u/ArkitekZero 1d ago

Well that's good because I mistakenly thought the missiles were all in flyover states.

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u/espressocycle 1d ago

I assumed so as well. Also until recently I had completely forgotten that France maintains a sizable nuclear arsenal.