Critics are sharpening their pens once again as President Donald Trump revives the idea of U.S. ownership or control of Greenland. The reaction—especially in Europe—has been swift and scathing, portraying the proposal as reckless, colonialist, or absurd. Yet stripped of emotional reflexes and viewed through the lens of history, geopolitics, and security realities, the discussion is neither novel nor unserious. In fact, it is overdue.
Greenland’s story did not begin with Denmark, nor with Washington. Arctic peoples migrated to the island roughly 4,500 years ago, crossing sea ice from what is now Canada. Norse settlers. . .
