Fox News White House correspondent says President Trump told him today that he's seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st state.

[eetschrijver@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa But would it be cherished?

[scott@social.linux.pizza]

@newsguyusa so I actually think this would be great, we should have a lot more states, but considering we can't currently even send mail to Venezuela, I won't be holding my breath (from the USPS website)

[karen5lund@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa What would that mean for the immigrants who were deported to Venezuela last year?

I tried to think about it, but I'm not an expert and now my brain hurts.

[pg1958@mastodon.sdf.org]

@newsguyusa lost touch with reality.... totally

[lawyersgunsnmoney@mstdn.social]

@newsguyusa The regime’s reversal of 250 years of de-colonization. This policy (among other examples) reinstitutes the European “Spheres of Influence” model from the previous several hundred years. The reaction was the US and French Revolutions and then de-colonization throughout the world particularly Africa. Putin and Trump divide up the world and its resources. #JFC

[maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza]

@newsguyusa That's. . . not how it works.

[bruin@twit.social]

@newsguyusa I would offer statehood to the following
1. The Philippines
2. Panama
3. Cuba
Before any rando countries in South America such as Venezuela

[bubblegumyeti@mastodon.social]

@lawyersgunsnmoney @newsguyusa Putin manages the GDP of a small EU country... he is not going anywhere.

[alexf24@mstdn.social]

@newsguyusa Wonderful. Red states are going to love it. Let's see, a State gets two Senators.

The number of U.S. Representatives per state varies based on population, to re-distribute the 435 seats in Congress.

Examples of current population:

North Dakota 800,000
South Dakota 940,000
West Virginia 1.7 million
Oklahoma 4 million
Georgia 11,400.000
Venezuela 28 million

These red states are going to love this idea.

[sheep_overboard@infosec.exchange]

@newsguyusa

Your president is just the funniest guy. A laugh a minute.