If Trump Acquires Greenland, It Will Be Largest Land Grab in US history
13:37 18.01.2026 (Updated: 14:24 18.01.2026)
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If Trump acquires Greenland, it would be the LARGEST land grab in US history
The idea to get Greenland would mark the largest territorial addition in US history — even surpassing the landmark Louisiana Purchase of 1803, according to the New York Post.
The numbers that stand out:
Louisiana purchase (1803): 2.14 million km²
Texas annexation (1845): ~1.01 million km²
Alaska purchase (1867): ~1.53 million km²
Greenland: ~2.17 million km²
The US hasn’t added major territory in nearly a century.
The last significant US territorial acquisition came in 1917, when Washington purchased the US Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million. The islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John - were acquired during World War I for their strategic value in protecting Caribbean sea lanes and the approaches to the Panama Canal. They remain unincorporated US territories.
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The idea to get Greenland would mark the largest territorial addition in US history — even surpassing the landmark Louisiana Purchase of 1803, according to the New York Post.
The numbers that stand out:
Louisiana purchase (1803): 2.14 million km²
Texas annexation (1845): ~1.01 million km²
Alaska purchase (1867): ~1.53 million km²
Greenland: ~2.17 million km²
The US hasn’t added major territory in nearly a century.
The last significant US territorial acquisition came in 1917, when Washington purchased the US Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million. The islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John - were acquired during World War I for their strategic value in protecting Caribbean sea lanes and the approaches to the Panama Canal. They remain unincorporated US territories.
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