By David Seaton The outrage surrounding Donald Trump’s expressed interest in acquiring Greenland has always been curious—not because skepticism is unwarranted, but because the loudest criticisms so often rest on intellectually unserious foundations. Much of the backlash, particularly from the progressive left, frames the idea as an expression of white supremacy, imperialism, and colonial entitlement. These accusations are rhetorically potent, but analytically hollow.