>or we can take the Virgins Islands from you OK, but that was during the First World War, and the US had a legitimate fear that Germany would seize the islands

>or we can take the Virgins Islands from you OK, but that was during the First World War, and the US had a legitimate fear that Germany would seize the islands for a submarine base. Also the Danish public approved the sale in a referendum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Danish_West_Indian_Islands_sale_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Danish_West_Indian_Island...