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/Faux-Foe 1d ago

The biggest far fetched idea in there wasn’t the movie, it was which states were aligned with each other.

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u/xaviersi Texas 1d ago

From Texas here, we'd never align with California on anything even if they're in the right. Ethically, Texas has fallen quite a bit.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 1d ago

Texan cities might want to work with CA, but they are surrounded by rural Texas.

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u/Schonke 1d ago

If they can gerrymander within states, what's stopping gerrymandering of state borders?

Just make a half a mile wide stretch of land from California to Austin, and entire Austin, into California!

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 1d ago

Don't threaten me with a good time!