The Inevitability of Greenland

Donald Trump Jr. visits Nuuk, Greenland, January 2025. Photo credit: Emil Stach/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS.

“Ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” posted President Donald Trump in announcing tech executive Ken Howery as his nominee for ambassador to Denmark, which counts the world’s largest island as one of its two “autonomous territories.”  Feverish international reactions followed. The governments of both Denmark and Greenland repeatedly declared the island is […]