President Donald Trump wants to buy the autonomous province of Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark in the belief that it would be the real estate deal of the century and further the vital national ...

Trump, believe it or not, isn’t the first president or elected U.S. official to propose buying Greenland. William Seward, the Secretary of State responsible for purchasing Alaska from Russia in 1867, ...

The U.S. bought Alaska and its significant natural resources and beautiful scenery for what amounts to a steal. AP Photo/Mark Thiessen On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. First as governor of New York (1839–43) and later as a U.S. senator (1849–61), William H. Seward advocated strongly ...