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/Unique-Coffee5087 1d ago

And disrupt the Alliances.

That part, at least, won't work as much as Putin thinks it will. Unlike the top down structure of the old Warsaw Pact, The Western alliances are made up of independent nations who can think for themselves and formulate their own policies. For that matter, right now Canada is working on building an entirely independent kind of association, now that the United States has abdicated its role as leader. Similarly, a trade alliance is forming in Asia that excludes the United States.

Putin naturally thinks that the loss of the United States will lead to the disorganization and demoralization of other members of the economic, diplomatic, and military alliances that have unified the free world. It is fortunate that his outlook is so incorrect.