Make Venezuela The 51st State?

Charity · 2026-05-14T14:03:44-04:00

Politics - Make Venezuela The 51st State?... (8 replies).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/11/venezuela-51-state-trump-remarks/90033174007/

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Canada, Greenland, now Venezuela; are there any others?

Rejected by the Venezuelan president...... Trump stop the aide the US gave Venezuela in 2017, now it's more like take the oil and go.

Is he trying to make a name for himself, go down in history bringing in the 51st state?

Or

Is it about money: Canada has the third largest oil reserves, Venezuela as of 2026 ranks first, Greenland is rich in natural resources.

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peterlee · M

Should be the Silly Isles. America could have its capital there

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@peterlee What, so he can blockade The Solent...? :)

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

The current population in Venezuela is just shy of 29 million. So, if Venezuela became a State all of those people would immediately became American citizens and some could run for President. Isn't that wonderful?🥳

Prison1203 · 61-69, M

We didn’t take any oil , we just went in and took a fugitive from justice and brought him back to face the consequences of his and her actions

MoveAlong · 70-79, M

@Prison1203

We didn’t take any oil

Oh, we tried. Trump wanted the US oil companies to return to Venezuela. They weren't interested. They took a look and determined it was too costly and wasn't worth the risk for a variety of reasons. Exxon top executive told trump directly in a White House meeting that "Venezuela is uninvestable". Exxon has already had its assets seized twice by the Venezuelan government. And the Venezuelan political situation is still unsettled.

He also cited the enormous investment that would be required to rebuild their dilapidated infrastructure and the cost of extracting their thick lower quality oil. Their money could be invested better elsewhere.

No one is unhappy that Maduro is gone.

BTW everyone is anxiously awaiting one of your clever memes. No one posts better memes than you. Nor as many.

Edit; @jackjjackson used to post as many or more memes than you. To his credit he finally found his own voice. He doesn't have much to say but at least what he posts is his own.

Iwillwait · M

Yes

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