Thank you so much for this comment. Until I read it, I was regretting having submitted this story, after seeing it marred by starkd's sickening 27-comment barrage of Russian propaganda and insults.

> How about US invading Mexico, occupying and annexing its lands

Hmm I think they already did that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War

TLDR: Map of Mexico in 1824 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mexico_1824_(equirectangu...