alt Hacker NewsIs 52 a typo or did he really say that? The US has 50 states, so why not 51?
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bemao • yesterday at 2:42 PM
Probably a reference to the "joke" that Canada would soon become the 51st state
simiones • yesterday at 2:51 PM
Maybe his views are more heterodox and he was counting Puerto Rico as 51st! (sarcasm, in case this isn't clear)
csomar • yesterday at 2:45 PM
Greenland is the 51 state.
I suspect that the implication in context was that the 51st state would be Greenland. Which doesn't really help make this less of a diplomatic faux pas.