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0 pointsTurdF3rguson2mo ago0 comments

Annexing territory was actually way more common back then. US bought the US Virgin Islands from Denmark at around that time.

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duxup2mo ago

I think that was much more a cooperative agreement type situation than childish threats like we have now.

I'm not opposed to changes in territory in principle... but there's no principles involved in the current US administration acting out like a fragile child.

TurdF3rgusonOP2mo ago

Threats are always a part of negotiations. There was also a proposal to trade Greenland for 1/3 of the Philippines (which the US got from Spain just for showing up to a war that nobody wanted).

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