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Meanwhile, Puerto Rico has consistently voted in favor of becoming the 51st state since 2000, but Trump is against it. https://apnews.com/article/6e16c132957e484ea96437c065ccab97

Canada should call his bluff. They would be a reliably Democratic vote.

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Ten to thirteen new states.

Alternatively 10 to 14 new colonies without voting right with people getting less than citizen rights (something similar to status that Baltic states have for ethnically Russians). You have to deserve right to vote.

That is a lot to unpack. Pass.

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