# Might the US break up before this is over?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 29, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-the-us-break-up-before-this-is-over/850558 "2020-03-29T02:28:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-the-us-break-up-before-this-is-over/850558/151 "2020-04-18T19:21:07Z")

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California secession has come up before, e.g.:

> [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12708):
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> Is there some reason you don’t want New York, some more New England states, and California?
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> I was ridiculing the California secessionist movement, but a merger with Canada might work out! I don’t think Trumpia looks so formidable missing New York and the entire West Coast.
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> (Do you have any nuclear weapons up there? We’ll need some deterrent capability against the short-tempered short-fingered guy; I’ve not decided if we should seize Nellis Air Force Base early on, or just make a pact with North Korea. :smack: )

Or, [This thread started soon after The Catastrophe of 8 November 2016.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=810365)

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