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Pentagon to redraw command map to more closely align Greenland with the US
The Pentagon's move to shift its oversight of Greenland under U.S. Northern Command aligns with President Trump’s pledge to take control of the autonomous Danish territory.
The Economist1d
A short history of Greenland, in six maps
Greenland is larger than any American state, but 80% of it is buried beneath an ice sheet. Almost 90% of the nearly 60,000 ...
Newsweek4mon
Gaza Map Shows What Territory Would Look Like Under US Control
If Trump's plan for the U.S. to "take over" Gaza goes ahead, it will mean an American presence in perhaps the most hotly disputed territory in ... plans to redraw the map of the Israel-Palestinian ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
Telling the History of the U.S. Through Its Territories
It’s not just because the map is missing Alaska and the peppering of the Hawaiian islands. It also excludes the places that are still territories of the United States—Puerto Rico, Guam ...
A look at the Pacific Islands and the U.S. territories there
The U.S. has 16 territories in areas of the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean. People living in U.S. territories are citizens of ...
CNN4mon
Trump wants to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere
In addition to his bumper sticker promises to put America first and make it great again, soon-to-be President Donald Trump also apparently wants to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere to make ...