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/ForgettableUsername America 1d ago

The US breaking up into warring factions is the biggest win Russia could have hoped for.

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u/ArkitekZero 1d ago

Yeah any time I see this suggested I don't see anyone else asking what happens to the nukes and supercarriers. You aren't just gonna get a proportional amount of them handed over

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u/ForgettableUsername America 1d ago

Everyone always assumes that if California seceded, everything inside California’s borders would be part of the new republic and it’d all work together nicely, but reality isn’t that tidy. California is not politically homogeneous, the rural areas are pretty solid red. They may not be up for secession if the justification is liberal. And we can’t just say to hell with them, because if just the California cities secede then we don’t have the agricultural resources we need to be independent.

It might sound nice as a pipe dream, but the reality would be a shit show.

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u/ArkitekZero 1d ago

Yeah Quebec has similar issues here. If they did decide to secede, the actual territory they'd be 'owed' is tiny.