I have no doubt there were many thought the Louisiana Purchase ridiculous, and the buying of Alaska from Russia the height of folly. Both events are a matter of historical record.

Would Greenland be given statehood or become an overseas territory?
An uncomfortable fact is the exact status of US overseas territories/colonies.

Very quick to decry British Colonialism perhaps the same conversation is needed in your own backyard.


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/its-time-for-the-u-s-to-have-a-conversation-about-its-overseas-territories.html