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

And so, Russia decided, “Selling Alaska is the right choice!” But how did this deal come to fruition? How did U.S. leader William H. Seward make it happen, and why was it later called ...

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, ...

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

Though the president-elect's rhetoric is unusual, for over a century a succession of US presidents have tried to gain control of Greenland.

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

The US president-elect does not rule out force to take over the Danish territory – home to a US military base.

For 1867, afta dem buy Alaska from Russia, US Secretary of State William H Seward laed negotiations to buy Greenland from Denmark, but e fail to reach any agreement. For 1946, US bin offer to pay ...

There has been a great deal of heat – and not an overabundance of light – when it comes to the media’s reactions to Donald ...