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Trump says he’s seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st US state
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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Honestly, unless we change our electoral college and the way that Senators represent people, which are things that we should totally do, we should break up our most populous states into smaller states. I would say that should be our first goal for new states.
States with large populations ironically have less proportional representation in the Senate, and they have fewer electors, per capita, in the presidential elections. In other words, in populous states like California, Texas, and Florida, the voters have less representation than if they lived in Wyoming.
Plus, the Senators and electors are generally winner-take-all, which means that, if you compare to a multiple state solution, the minorities in those states are essentially disenfranchised completely.
So, with such a large discrepancy in population between the most and least populous states, countless voters are getting screwed under our current system.
The only people who benefit from large, populous states are people who are leaders of some sort in those states. The governors of Texas and California have power over many more people than the governor of Alaska. Wealthy people get more if they buy a state politician in Texas than in Vermont.
It would make more sense to split some states up and maybe merge other states together until there is at least some pretense that each state has a similar population.
Or just add about 1000 reps to the 435 that are already there. And nuke the electoral college via the interstate voting compact
Doesn't fix the Senate... But these are at least things that have a reasonable chance to be executed on.
That is a wildly unreasonable backup plan. Texas isn't gonna agree to split. California isn't gonna agree to split. Like the only state that might consider it is...Alaska? I don't know. I don't think yoconsidering what a massive undertaking that is.
It'd be easier to replace FPTP with something else. But if even that is too hard, the simplest solution is to just get rid of the electoral college. The popular vote is unaffected by state size and without the electoral college, "swing states" don't exist so campaigns would become more distributed across the country
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a lot of puerto ricans don’t want statehood
Wait. So now Venezuelans are now citizens and cannot be deported?
And also get to vote and have representation in the house and senate?
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Well, they are already arresting and deporting US citizens, so...
Yawn.. Here we go again.
What's grampa dementia tryin' to deflect our attention from now?
The same thing he distracts from every night, Pinky. The fact that he's in the Epstein files.
Well yeah.. that's obvious.. but he's gone "extra special" the last few days.. Inflation's biting the economy now, so mabe the news on that sent him completely off the rails? Seems like.
Poor trump, I feel for the guy.
Born too late to play Napoleon, born too early to play a Mad Max warlord.
It's a tragedy really.
...fucking clown.
In the medieval or classical age he would have been served a poison chalice long ago
...born just in time to be on television.
Come on, now, if you really think his ideal is "warlord", you've been paying more attention to what conservatives fantasize than who he actually is. Trump is a theater kid. An Andrew Lloyd Webber stan. He has the soundtrack to Cats on hand at all times. His favorite part of the presidency is that he gets to be on TV whenever he so chooses.
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Trump says
why do they keep posting shit like that
They need this carefully crafted image in the media of a stupid and crazy maniac.
His adversaries can underestimate him and he can get out of difficult questions simply by talking gibberish.
More importantly:
In the short term he's president he can act like a loose cannon, make wild moves that wouldn't be possible under a rational president.
Even against ~~partner~~ vassal countries.
And in 2 years they can blame it all on him, of course they will not (be able to) change the beneficial things for the powers behind the curtain.
The next face will definitely apologize for stealing oil from Venezuela, etc but explain the situation is changed now, contracts with oil companies signed and more excuses to keep this situation in place.
Every 3rd rate celebrity has people to manage their many social media accounts.
Do people actually believe he's coming up with all the crazy tweets or messages?
The 'I have all the cards' one is obvious.
They chose this game specifically.
As if there's nobody in his media team that knows how to play UNO and would let it pass.
I am not buying the act.
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He just posted this..
What a moron. He really is the worst president in American history
..so far.
The way he's going he will also be the last president in American history. Since he's obviously trying for a civil war.
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Can someone take this fucker out of office already?
I'm so tired of this shit.
So he's cheating on Canada?
I swear that his time with Venezuela didn't mean anything. It was just real quick, in and out. It was just his first land grab. Ya know to get it out of the way.
The next one will be better. He'll take his time, light candles, and make it nice.
Epstein files
nobody believes this orange moron anymore
https://www.inedjobs.com/2026/01/salaries-in-venezuela-2026.html
Salaries in Venezuela 2026
Estimated averages for 2026:
- Average monthly salary (USD): USD 180 – 350
- Average annual salary: USD 2,200 – 4,200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela
Population: 31,800,000
the incumbent leftist bloc United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), its major allies Fatherland for All (PPT) and the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV)
Only place on Earth that would cheer the arrival of a 7.25 USD minimum wage
- That's more how that works
- Show USA the Epstein files.
Pretty sure granting statehood is not an executive privilege.
Orange turd.
Donald Trump doesn't "seriously consider" anything at all. He just says and does whatever the fuck pops into his addled brain at any given moment.
Will ICE be use to deport people of Venezula out of the US?
I guess he realized Canada wasn't gonna let it happen so he switched to a smaller target to bully.
Didn't this guy want to make English the official language of America?
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So US minimum wage for Venezuela?
Venezuelan minimum wage for the US.
They were miserable. Now they’re happy.
The nuance. The depth.
Well no. I mean can you imagine how much the republicans would hate that as a state? They would never get a vote there. It would also embarrass the fuck out of the Texas secessionist movement
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Sounds like he wants to sell his oil stocks
But their votes don't count in our elections
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