From a reader:

Jonah,
I have been thinking for some time that the US should make a grand gesture that helps reinforce this relationship, as well as our relationship with Australia and Canada. Simply put, the US should petition the Mother Country for membership in the British Commonwealth, in some sort of honorary or special status.

Me: Somewhere Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, William Jennings Bryan and Pitchfork Ben Tillman have all collectively spun around in their graves.