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/MasterChildhood437 1d ago

Unfortunately the vast amount of space between California and the eastern blue states makes it challenging to become a singular entity. Likely New England either becomes its own thing or partners with New York and its sphere of influence.

I see this as roughly being the way things go in the next decade, since the differences between ideologies are irreconciliable. Five or six different nations resulting in the end, with California, New York, Texas, and Florida being the major territories.

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u/trailstomper 1d ago

New England + New York sounds good to me, as a Mainer. Call it 'Greater New England' or 'The Republic of the Northeast' or freaking 'Yankeeland' for all I care. We'd make a great little country!

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u/PenImpossible874 New York 23h ago

r/RepublicofNE is for New Englanders only.

We New Yorkers don't want them because they cheat in the NFL and brigade our subreddits. We have our own independence movement.

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u/MaddyKet 19h ago

Good luck surviving completely alone New York. New England would gladly accept you, but also doesn’t need you.

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u/PenImpossible874 New York 10h ago

I'm not grandiose enough to think that a 15 million person country would survive better than a 30 million person country (NY and NJ).