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LetMyPeopleVote

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Sun Jan 11, 2026, 04:06 PM Yesterday

A little history on how the US agreed in 1916 to Denmark's control of Greenland in exchange for the Virgin Islands.

The US signed a treaty with Denmark trading the Virgin Islands for Greenland. trump wants to ignore this treaty



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A little history on how the US agreed in 1916 to Denmark's control of Greenland in exchange for the Virgin Islands. (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday OP
NIce hand. Note the date was done freehand, not typed. nt eppur_se_muova Yesterday #1
K&R for, fine. But this item says Greenlanders have been trending towards independence & choice. UTUSN Yesterday #2

UTUSN

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2. K&R for, fine. But this item says Greenlanders have been trending towards independence & choice.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 06:21 PM
Yesterday

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmarks-greenland-dilemma-defending-territory-already-its-way-out-2026-01-10/

Denmark's Greenland dilemma: Defending a territory already on its way out

.... "Denmark risks exhausting its foreign policy capital to secure Greenland, only to watch it walk away afterwards," said Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, a political science professor at University of Copenhagen. ....

Yet it may ultimately have nothing to show for its efforts if Greenlanders choose independence - or strike their own deal with Washington. ....

But Greenland's aspirations for self-determination have been brewing since the former colony got greater autonomy and its own parliament in 1979. A 2009 agreement explicitly recognised Greenlanders' right to independence if they choose.

All Greenlandic parties say they want independence, but differ on how, and when, to achieve it. ....

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