"It's not exactly the Hundred Years' War, but Donald Trump's undeclared War on California is carrying on this fall just as intently as ever. No, it's not as obvious as when he defied the governor and several judges to send National Guard and U.S. Marine troops by the thousands to quell a riot that wasn't. It also isn't merely that the count of California lawsuits against him is higher today than at the same point in his first presidential term."
"Start with the Clean Air Act, on which Trump coerced every Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives to vote last spring for elimination of the California waiver in the Clean Air Act of 1970. That's the Richard Nixon-signed provision allowing this state to clean up its air (not completely, by far) through measures like catalytic converters and electric vehicles, pioneered here and often imitated and resented elsewhere."
Donald Trump is pursuing multiple measures that target California economically and politically, including deploying federal forces, encouraging legal actions, imposing tariffs, and pushing to revoke the state's Clean Air Act waiver. Trump coerced House Republicans to vote last spring to eliminate the waiver, with 35 Democrats joining them. The federal moves have heightened legal conflicts and may disproportionately harm California's trade partners and consumers. California remains the world’s fourth-largest economy, buoyed by reconstruction after Los Angeles County firestorms, which could raise goods prices and strengthen its global ranking. Senate Democrats will decide whether the waiver elimination proceeds.
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