"The news, met with disbelief from patrons and staff, followed a closely watched visit by the US secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, in March. Touring the library, Noem said “USA number one!” and then hopped over the black tape separating the two countries and said “51st state” when she landed in Canada. She repeated the joke – echoing Donald Trump’s recent fixation on annexing Canada – three times."
Simply put they are human trash. The kind of people that you keep your kids away from, lest they end up trying to emulate them. They have power because a spectacle makes good entertainment, and much of our society has apparently decided entertainment is more important than competence or morals. And the bonus is that these kind of people are easy to keep in line behind authoritarian orders, because inside they know that they're hollow and that if they stop fronting it is a long way down.
Alternatively 10 to 14 new colonies without voting right with people getting less than citizen rights (something similar to status that Baltic states have for ethnically Russians). You have to deserve right to vote.
Absolute insanity, clown behavior