Russian invasion of Ukraine

So which countries has US annexed - can anybody remind me?

Don't be obtuse. We'd never call it "annexation" we'd call it "spreading democracy." Much like we've not declared "war" on another country for quite some time; we've simply had "armed conflicts."

The difference in wording is deliberate, not only in the context of propaganda, but for legality.

Perfect example in history is West vs East Germany. USSR turned their side into a shithole. Imagine the level of incompetence it takes to turn a part of Germany into the GDR, same with most of the other Eastern European countries that were highly industrialised before the war and after 1989 just plugged straight back into Europe and left Russia in the dust.

Texas was part of Mexico.
The US annexation was very similar to the Russian annexation of the Donbas, with similar BS fifth columnists.
Guam and Okinawa, the Sandwich Islands.
Puerto Rico.
A few attempts at annexing Canada.