250 years later, it's no news

250 years later, it's no news

Xinhua
22 Jan 2026, 13:15 GMT+

The U.S. likes to say it went from coast to coast -- it just rarely says how: by buying cheap, bullying hard, or using the bigger gun when deals won't do. From Louisiana to Alaska, different methods, same result.

Now it's Greenland. 250 years later, the appetite is still there.

What's next? Antarctica, maybe? And if the "natives" hesitate, will Washington declare war on the penguins?

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