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Another Country Has ‘First Dibs’ On Greenland Before America: Ex-Envoy

HISTORY LESSON

Tom Høyem, Denmark’s former envoy to Greenland, cited an obscure 1917 agreement to make his argument.

Sean Craig
Sean Craig
An aircraft alledgedly carrying US businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025.
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