President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.

In fact, William H. Seward was ridiculed by some for ... Politicians and journalists opposed to the Alaska Purchase called it ‘Seward’s Folly’ early on in negotiations.

January 8, 2025 at 5:06 p.m. ·9 min read On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, ...