The Washington Post on MSN9d
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.
The American Conservative1d
Territorial Expansion—and Its Naysayers—Are as Old as America
The last time the United States expanded its territory—gaining the Northern Marianas and some other Pacific islands—President Donald Trump was just a year o ...
Alaska Dispatch News25d
‘Seward’s Folly’ is a myth. Spread the word.
Cartoon satirizing the Alaska purchase of 1867. Secretary of State William Seward rubs cooling salve (Alaska) on the feverish (and embattled) president, Andrew Johnson. The cartoon was published ...
Gordon F. Sander: Americans have always wanted Greenland
Robert J. Walker, a 19th century senator turned Washington-based lobbyist and one of the driving forces behind the annexation ...
What happened the previous three times the US attempted to acquire Greenland
President Donald Trump has been emphatic about his desire to acquire Greenland — the latest development in an eventful saga ...
Opinion | Greenland’s Strategic Significance And The Implications Of Renewed US Interest
Greenland's geopolitical significance has increased as a result of climate change speeding up the melting of Arctic ice, ...
The Conversation29d
Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
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, ...
Yahoo27d
Alaska's congressional delegation split on Trump idea of making Greenland a US territory
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 ...
Yahoo News Canada29d
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, ...
The U.S. has tried to buy Greenland before. Here’s how those past attempts went.
From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.
Mint29d
An American purchase of Greenland could be the deal of the century
Sixty-four years later, when William Seward, then secretary ... Today the Alaska deal is seen as a masterstroke and the Louisiana purchase the greatest achievement of one of America’s greatest ...