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How'd they get the money?

The President could still submit this treaty to the US Senate and allow them to determine this treaty's constitutionality.

What about other people in the US government?

That's certainly true, though it's worth noting that the position of others was on solid grounds. Since the US Constitution gives the US Senate the power to make and ratify treaties, why exactly wouldn't this also extend to treaties that secure additional territory for the US?