So what can Trump actually do to California? [View all]

https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/01/10/trump-may-be-planning-a-sharp-extended-conflict-with-california-experts-say/

Here is a level headed and concise discussion of what could a Trump administration could actually do to "punish" California put together by the scholars at UC Berkeley. It's a very good read.

Here is an excerpt from the lead in section.

“The data show that this was a change election — there’s no question about that,” said Berkeley political scientist Henry Brady. “People want change, and Trump is going to try to make change. So why pick fights with California? Well, watch Fox News. California is the boogeyman. California has cities out of control. California is doing all these crazy things with climate change. We are the people who have sanctuary cities and the place where people are woke beyond belief.

“Punishing California is something that is, from their perspective, a positive good.”

Brady, like the other Berkeley scholars, said firm predictions about what’s to come are difficult because so much remains unknown. Will Trump unleash revenge against perceived political enemies? Or will he moderate his attacks because California’s economy is such a huge portion of the nation’s economy, or to protect donors in Silicon Valley or supporters in other conservative areas of the state?