Agree in sentiment BUT in my opinion the east and west coasts also have to be protected from foreign invasion or (by invitation by DS)if the blue areas are handed over to the leftists. ALL of our borders are important to hang on to and protect from attack or illegal migration - look at Europe - they are defenseless against the surge of migrants who are not there to make the country better. Better if the blue areas are "encouraged" to love it or leave it under the constitution then just to let them have control of our borders.
[...] protected from foreign invasion [...]
There would still be international defensive alliances like NATO, ANZUS, FPDA, etc. Some newly-independent former US states would choose to remain in those, and new ones can be formed. The sole legitimate role of Federal government was preventing foreign aggression, and defensive alliances can do that even better.
[...] the surge of migrants who are not there to make the country better [...]
If the newly-independent city-states of NYC, South Cali, Chicago, Portland etc want to further ruin their economy with unlimited low-IQ immigration, that is their loss. It wouldn't affect the newly-independent freedom nations (red on that map) any more than the current immigration policy of Mexico. They would no longer be able to tax outside of themselves to subsidize it. All businesses, brains, and capital would move out even faster. Having to deal with economic reality (without being bailed out by a Federal government) forces localities to be less irrational, including encouraging merit-based immigration and limiting the Welfare State.
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