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/Archer1407 1d ago

Trump is going to launch a trade war against California in the next few days.

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u/Snow_source District Of Columbia 1d ago

I was thinking the endgame here from the current regime is to balkanize the US between Blue and Red states.

I really don't want to be right.

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u/mrIronHat 15h ago

the endgame here from the current regime is to balkanize the US between Blue and Red states.

Putin would love nothing more than that, but I doubt the GOP actually want a civil war or balkanized US.

The GOP want to use their control of the federal government to slowly erode away the influence of blue state while still benefiting from their economy. They have solidifiy minority rule and want to keep it that way.