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A poll of 497 adult residents of Greenland between 22 and 26 January 2025, made by Verian for the national Greenlandic news-paper Sermitsiaq and the national Danish news-paper Berlingske, found that 85% of respondents rejected a proposition that Greenland should leave the Danish Realm to become part of the United States, whereas 6% supported ...
In 1867, when President Andrew Johnson bought Alaska, he also considered buying Greenland. The U.S. also tried to buy Greenland in 1946. The United States proposed to pay Denmark $100 million in ...
A combination of Danish pride and the inclusion of the Indigenous community of Greenland in decision-making, after decades of neglect, make this different from 1867 with Alaska, or even the World ...
Following the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire, Johnson’s administration considered buying both Greenland and Iceland for $5.5 million in gold, according to the Journal of American ...
The U.S. has considered buying Greenland in the past: The administration of President Andrew Johnson authorized a report in the 1860s finding that the island’s natural resources could be a good ...
The U.S. also tried to buy Greenland in 1946. The United States proposed to pay Denmark $100 million in gold to buy Greenland, according to documents in the National Archives. The sale never went ...
The president-elect says owning Greenland is vital for US security, but experts say he may also be eyeing other aspects of Greenland such as its trove of natural resources — including rare earth ...
In 1946, the U.S. proposed buying Greenland for the price of $100 million in gold. Greenland’s leader, Prime Minister Múte Egede, responded promptly to the latest development. “Greenland is ours.