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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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 ... when Secretary of State William Seward, fresh from purchasing ...
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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 ... his thoughts about expansion into the Arctic, Seward accomplished his goal. In Alaska, the Americans ...
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Trump’s Greenland gambit spotlights geopolitical tussle over the Arctic
As climate change accelerates Arctic ice melt ... In 1868, US secretary of state William H. Seward, fresh from acquiring Alaska, expressed interest in Greenland and Iceland as part of America's ...