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Oct 20, 1803: The Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase. The president who made the deal wasn't sure it was constitutional. Napoleon had offered to sell all of Louisiana, about 828,000 square miles, for $15 million. It doubled the size of the United States overnight. Thomas Jefferson was thrilled, and also uneasy. He had always argued the federal government could only do what the Constitution specifically allowed, and it said nothing about buying land from foreign countries. He drafted a constitutional amendment to make the purchase legal. Then his diplomats warned him that Napoleon was unpredictable and might change his mind if the US took too long. Jefferson dropped the amendment and sent the treaty to the Senate. Federalists in New England hated the deal. They feared new western states would shrink their power, and a few even talked about breaking away from the Union. It didn't matter. The Senate approved it 24 to 7. The US didn't have $15 million on hand. It paid largely with bonds sold through British and Dutch banks. That meant British bankers were helping finance a deal that put money in the pocket of Napoleon, Britain's worst enemy. Two months later the American flag went up in New Orleans. The next spring, Lewis and Clark set out to see what the country had bought.

LA CASA REAL RECHAZÓ RECIBIR A MILEI PORQUE NO SE REUNIRÁ CON PEDRO SÁNCHEZ El presidente Milei intentó reunirse con el rey Felipe VI durante su visita a Madrid, pero la Casa Real española rechazó el encuentro. Desde el Palacio de la Zarzuela explicaron que, conforme a las prácticas habituales, una reunión con el monarca debe ir acompañada de otra con el jefe del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez. Milei había atribuido la falta de encuentro a “distintas circunstancias” y asegurado que mantenía una excelente relación con el rey. La decisión se produjo en medio de las tensiones entre Milei y Sánchez, a quien el mandatario argentino volvió a cuestionar este miércoles durante el Nueva Economía Fórum. “Cuando vengo a España no voy a ir a ver a un delincuente ladrón como Pedro Sánchez”, afirmó. Durante su visita, Milei tenía previstas actividades en la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos y con representantes de la Fundación Disenso, vinculada a Vox, además de una reunión con la presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso. (+) en Clarín: clar.in/4zFBg4f Foto: Milei junto al rey Felipe VI en la investidura del presidente colombiano.