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When America Tried to Buy Greenland

For over 150 years, the United States has repeatedly tried — and failed — to buy Greenland from Denmark. From William Seward's secret plans right after purchasing Alaska in 1867, to a bizarre three-way territory swap idea in 1910, Harry Truman's massive $100 million gold offer in 1946 during the early Cold War, and Pentagon pushes in the 1950s — this is the untold story of America's longest geopolitical obsession with the world's largest island. Why did U.S. leaders keep coming back to Greenland? Strategic Arctic position, military bases like Thule (now Pituffik), natural resources, and defense against potential threats all played a role. Yet Denmark and Greenlanders always said no, leading to defense agreements instead of outright ownership. Sources include declassified U.S. State Department documents, historical reports from the National Archives, and accounts from historians like those featured in TIME and History.com.