Greenland and the Donroe Doctrine – Greenlanders Want Independence from Denmark
U.S. troops in Greenland. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of War. Trump is right about Greenland. The United States defended the island during World War II, and it was forcibly annexed by the Kingdom of Denmark in 1951 without UN approval and without the consent of the island’s population. Today, Greenlanders would likely agree to a compact of free association with the United