California to Trump: save us, finance our dams, give us federal aid money, but stay away from enforcement of federal laws within the state. The rule of law, California style?

There are conflicting vibes coming out of the blessed sunny state of California.

1. It has a movement to separate from the United States because of the election of Donald Trump - and many people on social media have been making statements in support of such separation, claiming that California will be self-sufficient once it separates;
2. California defies the federal government by:
1. introducing legislative bills to make California a "sanctuary state", in defiance of federal criminal and immigration laws;
2. defying federal criminal laws against harboring illegal aliens by actually establishing sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants;
3. suing the President in his official capacity (which has the legal meaning of residents of California suing all American citizens) to block him from denying federal aid money because of California's defiance of criminal and immigration laws by establishing "sanctuary cities" for illegal immigrants; and
3. California is asking the President for emergency federal aid to mend the dam that it did not mend before, with all its Hollywood and the Silicon Valley money, obviously preferring to spending money on educating and providing medical care and other social programs for illegal immigrants, and on defying federal government, including through court actions.

I do not see much logic in this behavior.

Maybe, there is a point for California to separate from the Union? 

Just as a matter of experiment. 

To see how fast California will ask to re-admit it into the Union - which is not going to be a given.

But, why do I think that the separation will never happen?

Maybe, because the Governor asked the U.S. for money?

Maybe, because the proud sanctuary city of San Francisco is suing the federal government claiming that SF can defy federal laws, but that federal government cannot, as a consequence, deny SF voluntary federal aid?

By the way, suing the federal government for withholding the federal aid monies that the federal government is not obligated by law to provide to the states in the first place is exceptionally ... how to say that politely ... "disingenuous" is the word usually used in court papers.

It is rather stupid to sue a benefactor for withholding money the benefactor does not have to give. 

California should really make up its mind - either to be totally and completely independent from federal laws, and then from federal money, too, as well as from the protection of the large country with a powerful military defense forces - or to start complying with federal laws.

Right about now.

Defiance of such laws is becoming costly for American taxpayers.