**Independence for PR is a good idea.**
It’s funny. The question of statehood is always up to the Puerto Ricans as if the rest of us don’t have a say.
I’d force independence on them. Same with Am. Samoa. There’s another Samoa they can be a part of.
Guam? I dunno.
Hawaii, too. In fact I say restore the monarchy we overthrew.
The residents of Guam are highly patriotic. They are also over represented in the US military. There are only about 140,000 of them unlike PR with millions. They are also far enough away that it is difficult to fly to the US.
Plus, unlike PR. Guam has strategic importance. The US would be wise to keep Guam.
“I’d force independence on them. Same with Am. Samoa.?”
Another one of my “If I were King” ideas is undoing the injustices of 1893 and 1898 by restoring the Hawaiian monarchy and their independence. We’d get rid of two guaranteed Democrat Senate seats and with a carefully negotiated mutual defense treaty, keep our military facilities.