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/TehMephs 1d ago

Take us with you!

Signed, Colorado

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u/SharpCookie232 1d ago

Same. Here in Massachusetts.

The blue states should secede. On our own or in some kind of partnership with Canada (United States of Canadia?). The red states are an anchor around our neck. We need to cut them loose.

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u/ThePhoenixus 1d ago

It's nice in theory but I have a bridge to sell you if you think Trump MAGA would let go peacefully.

Not to mention that theres no such thing as a pure red or blue state. Even the most blue states have about 30-40% of people who voted Republican, and the most red states have 30-40% people who vote Democrat.

In terms of numbers, there's more Republicans in states like New York and California than there are the total population of states like Alabama and Oklahoma. And vice versa theres more democrats in Florida and Texas than there are the total people in states like Maine and Massachusetts.

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u/SharpCookie232 1d ago

It might be an India / Pakistan type of situation, which would be unpleasant, but that's better than the alternative. If it does come to civil war, we already know how that ends and the last time we didn't have the west coast. It would be quick work.