A little history on how the US agreed in 1916 to Denmark's control of Greenland in exchange for the Virgin Islands.

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2. K&R for, fine. But this item says Greenlanders have been trending towards independence & choice.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmarks-greenland-dilemma-defending-territory-already-its-way-out-2026-01-10/

Denmark's Greenland dilemma: Defending a territory already on its way out

.... "Denmark risks exhausting its foreign policy capital to secure Greenland, only to watch it walk away afterwards," said Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, a political science professor at University of Copenhagen. ....

Yet it may ultimately have nothing to show for its efforts if Greenlanders choose independence - or strike their own deal with Washington. ....

But Greenland's aspirations for self-determination have been brewing since the former colony got greater autonomy and its own parliament in 1979. A 2009 agreement explicitly recognised Greenlanders' right to independence if they choose.

All Greenlandic parties say they want independence, but differ on how, and when, to achieve it. ....

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