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/StoneCypher 1d ago

 this would have a substantial impact on the rest of the US. 

He wants to destroy the country, so

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u/JohnnySnark Florida 1d ago

Yep, destroy the country for Russia's benefit

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u/PowerResponsibility 1d ago

This is literally it. He's just doing what Putin is telling him to do. The point is to destroy the United States, all of it.

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u/suckyousideways 1d ago

Putin figured it out: you don't HAVE to bomb a country or send war planes etc., and wreck everything, and risk retaliation... You can put the right stooge in power and he'll just hand it over, almost fully intact.