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Trump Is Not the First u.s. President to Want Greenland: the Island Has Been an Obsession with Washington for over 200 Years

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From Madison in 1814 to Johnson in 1876, from Taft in 1910 to Ford in the 1970s: other presidents tried to annex Danish territory

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"A 200-Year-Old obsession." How Five Other Us Presidents Tried to Get Greenland

Donald Trump was not the first American president who wanted Greenland. This vast, desolate and frozen island was an obsession in Washington for over 200 years, being in repeated rounds about the subject of negotiations, almost secret. When...

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Trump Is Not the First u.s. President to Want Greenland: the Island Has Been an Obsession with Washington for over 200 Years

From Madison in 1814 to Johnson in 1876, from Taft in 1910 to Ford in the 1970s: other presidents tried to annex Danish territory

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Corriere Della Sera broke the news in Italy on Monday, January 19, 2026.
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