President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.

From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

President Donald Trump has been emphatic about his desire to acquire Greenland — the latest development in an eventful saga ...

Manifest Destiny met luxury cosmetics when makeup billionaire and Republican donor Ronald Lauder mentioned buying Greenland ...

The media and the intelligentsia are laughing at President Donald Trump’s idea of the United States acquiring Greenland from Denmark.

On January 7th the president-elect declined to rule out using military might or economic warfare in his pursuit of Greenland ...

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, Tsar Alexander II had ceded Alaska, ...

Greenland is not an island; it is a mirror — a reflection of the most pressing issues of our time: power, resources, ...

Begich said William Seward, the U.S. secretary of state who orchestrated the Alaska purchase from Russia, also showed interest in purchasing Greenland. "Concepts like these are history defining ...

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, ...