[St Charles Owl]

There has been some talk of California trying to go it alone and leave the Union but I truly can't see that happening. It is probably the only state that could do it and survive as it has a bit of everything - agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, technology etc but as i say I can't see it happening. New York does not have the resources to go it alone, it has the population and the financial markets but they would have to move if it left the Union anyway and it simply doesn't have the independent money flowing in and out of the state like CA does.

Its also one of those oxymoron with regards to his Presidency. Traditional Republicans will always tell you that they hate Big Government and fight fiercely for much of the law making and decisions to be made at state level and not in Washington. This is why there are states with gun laws very different to others, or some states having a motorbike helmet law and others not, or some with abortion laws that do not stop them taking place but do restrict it etc etc. But you have to think that Trump of all Presidents will never want anyone but himself to have that absolute power, but if he pushes laws and changes down the throats of states that do not want them then he will get mired in legal challenges and will fly in the face of the Republican power base, that would be interesting to see!!!