The problem with this administration is that you can't tell if they are
1) fools (resources != profitable resource extraction)
2) on drugs (elon's pupils during his oval office press conf)
3) hilariously corrupt ( zeroing out IRS, SEC enforcement)
4) captive by insane ideologies (the neo-nazis they willingly associate with, trump's strange pro-russia views)
5) all of the above
Whew, good you added 5) All of the Above as I was onboard with more than one of the above.
Playing the thought experiment: If you truly annex Canada and those 40m people have voting rights, I don’t see a bright future for the Republican Party. Given proportional representation, they’ll have a voting bloc bigger than California and their politics do not align with the current state of the republicans.
Would Canada get voting rights? I would assume that Canada (or any other aquisition) would get a status like the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico to prevent a political shift in the US.
Trump has always said "51st state", so all Canadian provinces would have a few Representatives and 2 senators. The number of electoral votes is sacred, as is the number of senators and representatives. Adding Canada as 1 state wouldn't really change national politics.
Yes, I'm glossing over Quebec.
The total number of electoral votes isn't fixed, and in fact has changed dramatically over the years. Additionally, the number of electors (electoral votes) per state is determined by the Census. "A state's number of electors equals the number of representatives plus two electors for the senators the state has in the United States Congress."
The number of electors has been effectively fixed since 1927. It's unlikely to change in this highly polarized environment. Any increase in electors would reduce Republican power. If Canada comes in as the 51st (singular!) state all that would happen is New York California, Illinois, Texas and Florida would all get fewer electors (House seats).
> The number of electoral votes is sacred
Given to us by Jesus himself.
Trump wants to be a king. No one is getting voting rights if he isn't stopped.
One of the things you said is correct, and it's not the claim he wants to increase GDP.