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Puerto Rico is the most likely. Canada is too prideful to ever join the U.S. the best we can do is an expanded NAFTA.
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So Which Will Become the 51st State? (1 Viewer)
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It's what Trump is working up to clever devil that Trump is.
Consolation for The Boss losing in Ukraine.
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There's gonna be a movie.
The Greenland Story.
Starring Tom Cruise as Trump.
The Greenland Story.
Starring Tom Cruise as Trump.
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Also if Canada joins it would not become one State, but most likely each Province would become a State. Puerto Rico is less likely than DC to become a State due to messy Puerto Rican politics.
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The number of new senators would need to balance out so one party doesn't come out a couple of seats more than the other.
In 1959 Alaska and Hawaii were even steven on senators and no big difference on reps in the House. Everyone in Washington knew Alaska was Cro Magnon Republican and Hawaii was pinko Democrat if not a bunch of commie socialists. Still the best laid plans went off the chart in Hawaii where they elected a popular old timer Republican to the senate, but since then Hawaii senators have been strictly Democrats.
If DC became a state which will never happen we know it would send two Democrats to the Senate. This would send Cro Republicans scurrying to find some place somewhere that would neuter this by electing two Republican senators. DC statehood is always doomed anyway because there are too many factors against it.
Puerto Rico might split on senators but the perceived lean is two Democrats so they're doomed too. I dunno about Guam's politics but with the military presence there it might lean ol' time Cro Republican among service members who do vote which across the armed forces is only about 60% of 'em who are even registered to vote. Around 43% of active duty service members who are registered to vote do actually vote. So when Cro Republicans claim to have won the military vote the fact is they ain't won much of any vote.
In 1959 Alaska and Hawaii were even steven on senators and no big difference on reps in the House. Everyone in Washington knew Alaska was Cro Magnon Republican and Hawaii was pinko Democrat if not a bunch of commie socialists. Still the best laid plans went off the chart in Hawaii where they elected a popular old timer Republican to the senate, but since then Hawaii senators have been strictly Democrats.
If DC became a state which will never happen we know it would send two Democrats to the Senate. This would send Cro Republicans scurrying to find some place somewhere that would neuter this by electing two Republican senators. DC statehood is always doomed anyway because there are too many factors against it.
Puerto Rico might split on senators but the perceived lean is two Democrats so they're doomed too. I dunno about Guam's politics but with the military presence there it might lean ol' time Cro Republican among service members who do vote which across the armed forces is only about 60% of 'em who are even registered to vote. Around 43% of active duty service members who are registered to vote do actually vote. So when Cro Republicans claim to have won the military vote the fact is they ain't won much of any vote.
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Has anyone thought of asking Canadians if they wish to become part of the USA? Very few would be prepared to give up their status as a sovereign independent nation.
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You are right about that, the Canadians have no intention of joining.
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NeitherGreenland,
Trump Says Don Jr. Will Visit Greenland in Preparation for It Becoming ‘Part of Our Nation’
President-elect Donald Trump announced that his son Donald Trump Jr. would visit Greenland in preparation for the territory becoming "part of our nation."www.mediaite.com
Or Canada?
As Trudeau Resigns, Trump Says Canada Should Merge With US
Donald Trump on Monday marked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation announcement by doubling down on his unlikely proposal that the country should merge with the United States.www.ndtv.com
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So you want to invade Greenland?
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I always thought it would be Cuba.
It won't be soon.
No.
That would be several states.
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That's because the OP was made with tongue in cheek.
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You know it's true...even in Jerry McGuire as I pointed out to my wife the other night when it was on..
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If I was Trump I wouldn't be so eager. If any of these places (Canada, Greenland, Puerto Rico, DC, etc, etc...) become additional states , the GOP will lose both the house, senate, and White House permanently. Be careful what you wish for.