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'Move over, Greenland': WSJ mocks Trump's ill-advised new conquest obsession
May 13, 2026
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The Wall Street Journal editorial board was none too impressed with President Donald Trump's latest harebrained idea for a place the United States can conquer.Move over Greenland and Canada. President Trump told Fox News Monday that he is 'seriously considering' making Venezuela the 51st state, wrote the board. Hmmm. Does that mean Venezuela would have to hold an election, like America’s current 50 states?In contrast to the other two places Trump has obsessed over annexing, Venezuela is a dictatorship — and the president recently made a show of capturing the country's longtime strongman leader, Nicolas Maduro.
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