There is something deeply misaligned about the way Trump's outrage is being directed. Once again, Greenland has been dragged into a fevered political conversation— this time as a symbol of strength, security, and ambition. President Donald Trump has revived talk of acquiring the vast Arctic island, framing it as a strategic necessity. Yet while attention drifts north toward ice and geopolitics, a far more troubling piece of American history lies to the south, largely unexamined and unresolved. In 1917, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the United States for $25 million in gold. The deal was driven by wartime fears and strategic calculations. The islands—now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands—were seen as important to protecting shipping lanes and preventing German influence in the Caribbean during World War I. It was a straightforward transaction by the standards of empire, but it came with strings attached. As part of the agreement, the United States pledged it would not chall...
Fedlan News Calls It First: In Davos, Trump Signals No Military Plans for Greenland Fedlan News | FN Newsroom
While CNN, and other major networks flooded the airwaves with breathless coverage, parsing every stray remark Trump made about Greenland and wrapping it in a fog-of-war narrative, Fedlan News chose a different path. Instead of amplifying speculation, it offered a more measured view—laying out why the idea of the U.S. military attacking Greenland is not just unlikely, but implausible. That context mattered when President Donald Trump stepped onto the stage at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. The audience was already primed for a speech that would drift well beyond interest rates and trade balances. Trump did not disappoint. What followed was a familiar mix of swagger, grievance, and off-the-cuff geopolitics. And tucked into it, almost casually, was the revival of one of the strangest notions of his presidency: the idea that the United States should acquire Greenland. Throughout his speech, Trump repeatedly took aim at European leaders, accusing them of complacency, hypocrisy,...