Not quite, the only thing I agree with you on is that there were externalities outside of Hawaii that became a catalyst for the coup, which is rarely mentioned

Not quite, the only thing I agree with you on is that there were externalities outside of Hawaii that became a catalyst for the coup, which is rarely mentioned US and China were in a trade war in the 1890s, same story different century, this placed tariffs on agriculture imported to both unions, the only clever part is that the elite in Hawai’i realized that the tariffs magically disappear if a part of one of those unions. This was accurate. But it was such a clusterf*ck that it is indefensible. The US president had no idea it happened and was against it but ran out of time to do anything before his term was up, the next guy was like “lol awesome” and the rest is mostly history (aside from the part that Congress didn't want it because it meant Asian political representation in a US state, purely race based discrimination)