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/SweetAlyssumm 1d ago

We also have a bunch of military bases. We could almost actually do this.

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u/diamondpredator 1d ago

If there is any state in the union that would be successful after seceding it would be CA. TX MAY be able to pull it off, but they're a lot more dependent on federal funds than CA is and they don't have the same amount of production we do.

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u/SweetAlyssumm 1d ago

Both have excellent Mexican food so we are covered there.

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u/diamondpredator 1d ago

Very true.