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Trump has floated Venezuela as the United States’ 51st state while showing off a claimed 1-million-barrel oil tanker.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)

How about we start with our actual territories first?

Puerto Rico - 51
US Virgin Islands - 52
Guam - 53
American Samoa - 54
Northern Mariana Islands - 55

[–] maxthemummer@lemmus.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think we all know what he thinks of those places.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

Hey, he loves the Virgin Islands, he's been there on several occasions. Well, one particular island.

[–] MaxLemminist@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

How about giving those independence as a start to dismantling the banana republic?

[–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Every few months Trump throws a dart at the globe and wherever it lands is the 51st state

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 9 points 1 week ago

Gulf of America's 51st state.

[–] anguo@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago

When it hits a body of water, he slaps "America" on it instead.

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Lmao does he get what that would entail? Like what the actual fuck.

Of course he doesn't, but envisioning millions of Venezuelans becoming US citizens overnight and the possible unforeseen ripple effects of such a thing is very funny.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They'd probably get the US Territory treatment though, not statehood

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Can't have them voting in federal elections.

[–] Revolutionary_Apples@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago

How many 51st states can one ompa lumpa make? You'd think that there is only one 51st state but I guess all is possible when you are pedo enough.

[–] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] phneutral@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago

Hey, don’t compare these ruthless thieves with proud pirates that often tried to build egalitarian societies.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago

He probably likes this film

[–] axh@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Epstein island as the 51 state!

[–] marcie@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think the Venezuelans would have a genuine communist revolt if that came to a vote

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago
[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He calls every country that now.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago

Novo Ordo Seclorum

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He must really think that "50 states are good but 51 is gooder" and keeps saying this because he thinks it's a good thing

droompf thinking anything is an overstatement

[–] Pastaguini@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

This is never going to happen for a variety of reasons, but if it somehow did, I think it would play out almost exactly the way napoleon’s invasion and occupation of Spain did. You have the imperial forces tied up in the east while a puppet government is set up to rule. The citizens, unhappy with this, would rise up in the form of guerrilla warfare and slowly drain the occupying forces of resources and men while the main attention is elsewhere.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Venezuela didn't even want to join Grand Columbia. Doubt they'd want to join the US.