01/05/2026
If Donald Trump were truly interested in reasserting sovereignty over improperly seized and occupied American territory, he would demand that Vladimir Putin return to the Wrangel Island , off the coast of Alaska, to the United States. In 1924, the Soviet navy seized the island claimed by the United States, and removed n American citizen, Charles Wells, and 13 Inuit. At least eight Arctic islands currently controlled by Russia, including Wrangel Island, are claimed or should be claimed by the United States .Salom, Don Eric (1981). "The United States Claim to Wrangel Island: The Dormancy Should End", California Western International Law Journal: Vol. 11: No. 1, Article 12.Dans, Thomas Emanuel. "Opinion | Russia Occupies American Land, Too". WSJ. Retrieved November 23, 2022. Courtesy of Wikipedia