Trump announces ‘security’ agreement with Denmark on Greenland after threatening to annex it
President Donald Trump announced a new deal with Denmark that grants the United States “permanent control over security” in Greenland, following months of threats to seize the territory by force.
“I am pleased to announce that the United States of America has entered into an Agreement with The Kingdom of Denmark, and Greenland, that gives the United States permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing ALL of our many US concerns,” he said in a post on Truth Social.
Trump claimed the agreement comes at “NO COST” to the US and that it is an “Infinite Life’ Agreement, there is no end!”
The deal includes barring any US “adversary” from ever being able to have a base or military presence in Greenland, or “make sensitive investments” there without written approval from the US, Trump added.
Trump said that the administration will work with Greenland to immediately begin developing a “large Military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland, of which there are many.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said in a statement that “Greenland will forever be part of the strategic defense area of North America and exclude any adversary from it and the surrounding area.”
Leaders of Denmark and Greenland said in a statement Friday that Denmark, Greenland and the US are expected to sign the agreement next week in connection with the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, however, emphasized in a statement Friday that the agreement does not give the US sovereignty over Greenland.
She described the deal as “an agreement that strengthens our common security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic area and is therefore also good for NATO and Europe,” Frederiksen wrote. “And an agreement that at the same time recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom and the right of the Greenlandic people to self-determination.”
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, chairman of the Greenland government, wrote in a statement that the deal is “to the benefit of us all.”
No text of the agreement has been released. It was also unclear how the agreement would be received in Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
The island’s residents aspire to independence and have bristled at US attempts to assert control. Greenlanders have consistently shown in polls that they overwhelmingly reject American annexation.
Trump had tried for months to purchase or annex the Danish territory, claiming that it was vulnerable to other countries, including Russia and China, because of its strategic position in the region and its vast mineral resources. He even threatened military action in Greenland, prompting an outcry from Danes and other NATO countries.
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