Canada would probably have territory status, like Puerto Rico, ie no vote in Congress, unless or until, the Canadians prove they think correct thoughts.
Meanwhile, Jr is in Greenland, promising TFG will treat them well.
Steve
But, but, but…tariffs.
No tariffs if it’s part of the greater Shiny-land. Great choice for Canada, be crushed by US tariffs, or submit to US rule.
Steve
I’m saying Canada won’t get a choice about being multiple separate states. They will be allowed to be one state and one state only.
You are not keeping up to date with Canadian politics…
Kevin O’Leary: Canada’s Justin Trudeau “will go down in history as the idiot king”
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary says Canada’s Justin Trudeau “will go down in history as the idiot king” after announcing his resignation following nine years as prime minister.
Italy
France
Germany
Hezbollah
Syria
Iran
Canada
Russia?
Only change is permanent. It might take a while.
The Captain
By my reading of the Constitution, statehood only happens when the citizens of a territory vote to become a state. I have to wonder how much such a referendum would lose by if Canadian citizens were to vote on it.
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We are in unexplored territory. Don’t go by what any law, or custom, says. The only rule now is, TPTB decide what they want to do, then fabricate an excuse.
Steve
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Take the Big Macs off the table and watch what happens…
Perhaps that charming Whitehouse lawyer who declared waterboarding to be legal can be of great assistance once again.
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He is first up !!! And guess what happens…
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Yoo’s “contribution” was a lot larger than that. He pushed the theory of the “unitary executive”, claiming the POTUS has “inherent powers” that are not spelled out in the Constitution, even though the Constitution clearly says the POTUS only has the powers enumerated.
I was saying, two months ago, “buckle up”.
Steve
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Good to see there are no limits to the value a seasoned US lawyer can add to democracy and society.
Surely his judgement must have improved.
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Like defense counsel in Georgia. They turned a case about election interference into a prosecution of the prosecutor.
Steve
OK. Population of Canada is about 40 million. That’s roughly equal with California (39.3m). Worth noting that California also has 52 Representatives in the House, so if Canada gets added and then the House reapportioned I think we can look at maybe 40 “new” Reps from Canada.
Now I don’t know the political leanings of all the Canadian provinces, towns, townships and whatnot, but I’m gonna guess it would translate to about 30 Blue and 10 Red districts up there. Which would, needless to say, change the composition of the House dramatically.
It wouldn’t do much for the Senate, but then Canada is over 3,800,000 square miles. This contrasts with Alaska at something over 850,000 and Texas at 289,000. So Canada would be “the largest state” by far, and if you split it into 4 “Alaskas”, it would still be the largest four states, have 8 Senators, and change the composition of the Senate, too.
It also has, by law, two official languages (English and French), so to get by you’d need to have 3 languages on everything here in the States (add Spanglish) which would be a fright for packaging companies.
I don’t think TFG has thought this through, but I really try not to offer up such self-obvious statements, so I’ll quit here.
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I am shocked, shocked that he would not have thought this through.
If he can rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, it’s only a small step to renaming Canada to US-North.
Fait accompli.
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Or Russia becomes East Ukraine, with capital in Kyiv. Fast way to end a war…
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Elon will interview Weidel today.
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Bold of you to assume Canadians would be allowed to become citizens.
Canada could annex the US and turn it into ONE province. Of course, with Universal Single-Payer Healthcare (run by the province).
If the US paid for Alaska they would likely accept Canada for free.
The Captain
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