Now that the United States has begun collecting foreign presidents, maybe it’s time to go all in. This could be our new national pastime, sort of like Pokémon, but with foreign heads of state.
We could be systematic about it, going nation by nation. First we make up some sort of intentionally false premise (like pretending that the country in question is a major exporter of drugs), then we send in a SWAT team to extract that country’s head of state and their spouse.
We would put our captives and their mates to a holding cell in Brooklyn, and explain that the U.S. is now going to run their country. Which would give us unfettered access to that country’s natural resources, which of course is the real reason for this fun activity.
Sure, the extractions would each end up killing a few dozen people. But hey, nobody cares about that anymore, right?
Once we have collected enough foreign heads of state, we could set up public showings of our captives and their mates. The Brooklyn Zoo is an ideal location for this, because it already has people in place who know all about the care and feeding of exotic creatures from around the world.
We could even charge for those public showings, and that would generate revenue. You know, just to cover any unanticipated expenses after we are running all those foreign countries.
What could possibly go wrong?