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/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/JohnnySnark Florida 1d ago

Well, all of the Americas too. Russia needs a weaker Canada and Mexico for their ultimate goals

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u/Moon_whisper 1d ago

Canada and Mexico aren't weaker though. Everybody is just making new partners, better and stronger alliances and USA is going to be left on the sidelines like an aged hooker.

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u/GreenCoffeePlease 1d ago

Yeah a hooker like Tralala in the book and movie The Last Exit to Brooklyn.

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u/GreenCoffeePlease 1d ago

Correction: the book title is “Writers in Revolt”, and the author of one story of Tralala is Hubert Selby. My bad.