tacoplease@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 hours agoTrump 'considering' Venezuela as 51st state, acting president respondswww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkTrump 'considering' Venezuela as 51st state, acting president respondswww.usatoday.comtacoplease@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 hours agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 hours agoYou assume by state he means state and not territory. Because let’s be honest, they wouldn’t get any representation at the federal level.
minus-squarepanthera_@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 hours agoLook at the title of the post. It says Trump is ‘considering’ Venezuela as 51st state.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoYou give him too much credit to understand what statehood means when compared to making it a territory. He is also only considering it to keep the news focused away from the Epstine files, and everything else he is actually doing.
You assume by state he means state and not territory. Because let’s be honest, they wouldn’t get any representation at the federal level.
Look at the title of the post. It says Trump is ‘considering’ Venezuela as 51st state.
You give him too much credit to understand what statehood means when compared to making it a territory.
He is also only considering it to keep the news focused away from the Epstine files, and everything else he is actually doing.