Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician with his eye on Greenland
President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.
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On This Day in 1959, Alaska—One of America’s Riskiest Investments—Became the 49th State in the Union
When U.S. Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, he negotiated a price of $7.2 million—about $153 million today—for almost 600,000 square miles of territory ...
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Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
January 8, 2025 at 5:06 p.m. ·9 min read On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, ...