India, April 7 -- Amidst the ongoing uproar over the US plans to take over Greenland, President Donald Trump declared that "one way or another we're gonna get" the world's largest island from Denmark. The POTUS has not even ruled out sending American troops to the island to fulfil his desire.

Trump's actions and remarks have drawn international backlash, with some political leaders calling out his "bullying" techniques. However, his assertiveness is not unprecedented in the history of the White House.

A different US government used the same strategies over a century ago to effectively annex Denmark's former colonial territory - the Danish West Indies, which is now popularly known as the US Virgin Islands.

Greenland contains the second-...