I’d rather have the Phi11ipines become a state.
Our current permanently inhabited territories include:
American Samoa (pop 51.5k)
Guam (pop 162.7k),
the Northern Mariana Islands (pop 52.2k),
Puerto Rico (pop 3.3M), and
the U.S. Virgin Islands (pop 104.9k)
DC isn’t a territory it’s a special federal district and would need to become a territory first to comply with the Constitution....(pop ~700k). The pertinent clause is: The Congress shall have Power To… exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States… (The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17)
What’s interesting to me is the Constitutional clause for territories becoming states basically leaves it up to Congress on the requirements - usually there has been a population requirement....but there doesn’t have to be. I’d be ok with PR if say....Guam also became a state or the US VI. American Samoa has some special stuff going on if I remember right so unlikely to happen there.