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AverageOldGuy

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8. Clearly neither Trump nor the fools who advise him . . .

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 04:29 PM

Jan 15

. . . recognize that any territory that becomes a state IMMEDIATELY GETS TWO U.S. SENATORS AND AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE (more depending on the population of the territory) and if these places are forced into the Union he can be assured all of them will be DEMOCRATS.

Iceland plus Greenland equals FOUR NEW DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AND AT LEAST TWO DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES, plus a lot of pissed off voters.

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