I’ll make this clear: I still believe in Federalism: those who want to do away with the States of the United States of America ARE traitors; I still believe in Thomas Jefferson’s “right to revolution”.
I still believe in Manifest Destiny, which Thomas Jefferson also believed in. If we can do it without a shot being fired, all the better. We would still have the states, just more of them. If Canada and Mexico really want to join with us, our form of government is proven to be far superior to either of theirs. There may be talk about it being something else, but the population would not let that happen. There is no valid reason why we can't be one big republic.