In 1917 Denmark sold the Virgin Islands to the United States ‘in exchange for a guarantee that Greenland would remain Danish territory forever’.
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“One of the islands that the US obtained from Denmark as a result of this was “Little Saint James” which was later bought by Epstein and is now known as Epstein Island.”
“Seem to be seeing a pattern here with ~~dictators~~ fascist and these types of agreements”
“Yhea, but back then americans could still read”