A year ago, if you'd said that Canada and Greenland might be on some path to a US status....I would have laughed. Today? I think if you engaged the Greenland (56,000)....around 75-percent would at least talk over the deal and ask questions.
Part of this issue....there's a serious disconnect between two Greenland groups....the 'elite' folks (numbering around 20 percent) are pro-Denmark, and want to keep that status going. The 'other' folks are more of a native Indian/Eskimo situation and lean mostly toward an independent status (dumping Denmark).
Offering a deal, and statehood? It's crazy but you might wake up by the end of 2026...with a five-year plan to bring them in as a state.
I also think....as this starts to occur....Guam is likely to get a statehood status (172k population).
As for Canada? Look....polling typically suggests that maybe a quarter of the population (40-million) might look favorably at this idea of getting statehood status with the US.
Reality? Economically...over the past decade....things have gone south, and there's a bitterness building up. It's possible that you might get near 50-percent agreeable to statehood status.
But then it comes up....10 provinces, and 3 territories.....how would you design this? Ten new states? Maybe 13 new states?
So could we wake up in 2030, and find 15 new states? I give it a 10-percent chance.
Confusing? Yeah, but that's the key gimmick of this 'sale'....actual 'change'.
Are there going to be anti-expand folks? I would imagine CNN is recruiting ten experts to play this role.
