President Donald Trump doubled-down on his interest in assuming Greenland, and he isn't the first elected official to suggest ...

While resisting the persistent courtship of its American suitor, Greenland’s left-leaning, independence-minded government in ...

Trump initially proposed buying Greenland in 2019 ... and Secretary of State William H. Seward proposed buying Alaska back in the 1860s, there was significant backlash. It was called “Seward ...

William H. Seward. That’s the same Seward best remembered for his savvy purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire for $7.2 million, also known as “Seward’s Folly.” But Walker, who had ...

Around the same time, Johnson's secretary of state William H Seward approached the Danish government with a similar proposal for Greenland and Iceland. Until that point, Greenland hadn't attracted ...

Trump’s self-coronation may be a provocation, but it is also a proclamation: He is not merely seeking power – he is seeking ...

In 2019 when the proposal for an American purchase of Greenland last (briefly) arose, the gambit, though quickly superseded ...

In the 1860s, Secretary of State William Seward commissioned a report that contemplated purchasing Greenland. During World War II, the U.S. occupied the island to prevent its falling into Nazi hands; ...