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FadedMullet

(872 posts) Sat Jan 24, 2026, 03:01 AM Jan 24

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Learned something from "The Newshour" on PBS tonight. "The U.S. has tried to acquire Greenland three times..... [View all]

......in the past. In 1867 after acquiring Alaska, a three-way land swap suggestion in 1910, and a $100 million offer in 1946."
Who knew? Or better yet, who put this bug in Trump's ear?

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Learned something from "The Newshour" on PBS tonight. "The U.S. has tried to acquire Greenland three times..... [View all] FadedMullet Jan 24 OP

Google AI gave me the following on the land swap...... FadedMullet Jan 24 #1

Thank You for that history of Cha Jan 24 #3

Ronald Lauder markie Jan 24 #2

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