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Trump 'Seriously Considering Making Venezuela the 51st State,' Fox News Reports (Original Post) LilElf70 2 hrs ago OP
Is that how it works Prairie Gates 2 hrs ago #1
Of course not. He also has to post it on Truth Social before it is official Bluetus 1 hr ago #15
What happened to Canada and Greenland? Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #2
They all merge into one 51st state. Irish_Dem 1 hr ago #16
Oh please. One lie after another. I can't wait until he is gone!!! Diamond_Dog 2 hrs ago #3
delusional dementia Whip-poor-will 2 hrs ago #4
Article IV, Section 4: rampartd 2 hrs ago #5
The word Seriously doing a lot of heavy work there Johonny 2 hrs ago #6
For a second I thought they used the word "thinking" newdeal2 1 hr ago #13
If he gets his way it might become an actual territory SSJVegeta 2 hrs ago #7
He hasn't LilElf70 42 min ago #20
That's not how our constitution works. We do not have a king who decrees things. Initech 2 hrs ago #8
Fox "News" "Reports". calimary 2 hrs ago #9
Fat chance. Venezuelans are brown-ish, and they speak Spanish. Mister Ed 1 hr ago #10
Trump just wants something to take over and own. ananda 1 hr ago #11
100%. Insightful. ColoringFool 34 min ago #21
I've got a better idea. Let's give the red states to Venezuela. Vinca 1 hr ago #12
Make them hike in from Amazonas,. Show us how tough they are. GreenWave 1 hr ago #17
Hey Pedo, go take care of the existing 50 states first. IcyPeas 1 hr ago #14
So far, LilElf70 43 min ago #19
We already have too many states. The Madcap 1 hr ago #18
ruling by 'edict' and 'declarations' now? RT Atlanta 33 min ago #22

rampartd

(4,939 posts)
5. Article IV, Section 4:
Mon May 11, 2026, 12:37 PM
2 hrs ago
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.

trump would say "i am a republican form of government" and i could not disagree.

newdeal2

(5,564 posts)
13. For a second I thought they used the word "thinking"
Mon May 11, 2026, 01:09 PM
1 hr ago

Which would be a new one for him.

Considering sounds equally unlikely with Trump though.

SSJVegeta

(3,043 posts)
7. If he gets his way it might become an actual territory
Mon May 11, 2026, 12:38 PM
2 hrs ago

But how would MAGA feel about automatically making all those Venezuelans he deported US citizens?

Initech

(109,188 posts)
8. That's not how our constitution works. We do not have a king who decrees things.
Mon May 11, 2026, 12:40 PM
2 hrs ago

Fuck you Donny!

Mister Ed

(6,976 posts)
10. Fat chance. Venezuelans are brown-ish, and they speak Spanish.
Mon May 11, 2026, 01:02 PM
1 hr ago

Can't have any of that in 'Murka.

Unless maybe they were then "deported" somewhere else...


ananda

(35,440 posts)
11. Trump just wants something to take over and own.
Mon May 11, 2026, 01:07 PM
1 hr ago

That's his agenda in every aspect of his life.

LilElf70

(1,632 posts)
19. So far,
Mon May 11, 2026, 02:15 PM
43 min ago

He has taken little interested in us. Damn, remember all those lies he campaigned on and how he was going to make America First? The more I think about that lie in particular, the more often I get that reflex.

The Madcap

(2,009 posts)
18. We already have too many states.
Mon May 11, 2026, 01:24 PM
1 hr ago

It would just make this country into even more of a "hodgepodge. "

RT Atlanta

(2,784 posts)
22. ruling by 'edict' and 'declarations' now?
Mon May 11, 2026, 02:25 PM
33 min ago

The republican ass-lickers in congress have absolutely, unequivocally failed in their duties and sworn oath to the Constitution.

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:5%20section:3331%20edition:prelim)

"I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."

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to whom are the republicans bearing 'true faith and allegiance?'

support and defend the Constitution also includes affirming and 3 co-equal branches of government (Articles 1-3).

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