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In August 1916, #Denmark 🇩🇰 and the #USA 🇺🇲 signed the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, for cession of the #DanishWestIndies.
Immediately before its signature, #US Secretary of State #RobertLansing signed a declaration confirming Denmark's rights to #Greenland.
#Trump's breach of the promise is of course deeply dishonourable. But it's also entirely consistent with the #USA's 19th-century expansion by signing then discarding treaties with #NativeAmericans.
Trump is upholding American tradition.
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“For six months I have talked about the struggle between Autocracy and Democracy, but do not see that I have made any great impression.”
Excerpt From
The Ghost at the Feast
Robert KaganRobert Lansing, Secretary of State from June 24, 1915, until February 13, 1920.
"What's past is prologue"
#ThenAsNow #PastIsPrologue
#GhostAtTheFeast #RobertKagan #RobertLansing #WWI #WoodrowWilson