NewzDenmark, Greenland say the new security agreement with the US will not compromise Greenland’s sovereignty, after Trump said the deal gives the US permanent control over the Arctic island’s security. Denmark on Saturday hailed a “binding” deal announced by US President Donald Trump to give Washington “permanent control” over Greenland’s security and bar Russian and Chinese bases from the Arctic territory. Read Also: US appeals court puts brakes on third-country deportations Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump has repeatedly insisted that Washington needed to control Greenland for strategic reasons, alarming NATO ally Denmark and sparking fierce pushback from the alliance.
Denmark and Greenland – an autonomous Danish territory – both hailed the deal and said they would sign it on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next week. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Saturday the potential signing meant “next week could be a good week”. “A long period of uncertainty will hopefully be replaced by a binding agreement that strengthens security in the Arctic and North Atlantic,” the foreign minister said in a social media post.
The deal respected Denmark’s “red lines” and was “important” in light of a changed security situation, he said. ‘Permanent control’ While the terms are still unclear, Denmark maintains that its sovereignty remains intact. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the agreement “recognises the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom and the Greenlandic people’s right to self-determination”.
Trump meanwhile hailed it as an “‘Infinite Life’ Agreement, there is no end!” and said Washington would immediately start building up a large military presence in the territory. “From now on, no US adversary can EVER have a base in Greenland, have a military presence in Greenland, or make sensitive investments in Greenland, without our express written approval.” While Trump presented the deal as a major triumph, Danish commentators said he had not really gained anything, noting that Washington was already able to ramp up its military presence on the island provided it informs Denmark and Greenland in advance, under a 1951 defence pact updated in 2004. Don’t tell Trump that it’s the Kingdom of Denmark that has prevailed,” US correspondent Jacob Heinel Jensen wrote in the Danish newspaper Berlingske on Saturday.
“Donald Trump gets out of it that he can appear as a winner. He has been a good businessman who has pushed Denmark and Greenland into something new,” Marc Jacobsen, a researcher at… President Donald Trump revealed a new agreement with Denmark and Greenland giving the U.S.
control over security and "all other needs" on the Arctic territory. Danish commentators on Saturday cast a deal announced by US President Donald Trump to give Washington control over Greenland's security as a diplomatic win for Copenhagen. Key details of the agreement have not been made public, including the degree of US military presence in the self-governed Danish territory and whether any formal power over foreign policy and resources would be ceded to Washington.
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