Trumps Greenland deal set for signing after months-long fight over US control
The U.S., Denmark and Greenland are set to formally sign President Trump’s new Greenland security agreement on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly Tuesday, cementing permanent U.S.
military rights on the strategically vital Arctic island after months of negotiations over Trump’s push for greater American control.Trump, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark and Prime Minister Jens-Frederick Nielsen of Greenland will meet Tuesday morning for a trilateral signing ceremony, a White House official told Fox News Digital.The U.S.has held extensive military rights in Greenland for decades under a 1951 defense agreement, but administration officials say the new pact goes further by allowing Washington to establish additional military installations without separate Danish or Greenlandic approval, explicitly barring adversaries from establishing a military presence and creating a mechanism to block adversarial investment in sensitive sectors.TRUMP DECLARES VICTORY IN HISTORIC DEAL WITH GREENLAND AS HE SECURES 'PERMANENT' US MILITARY RIGHTSU.S.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo/File Photo)The agreement stops short of the territorial acquisition Trump had sought for much of the year, when he repeatedly argued that U.S.ownership of Greenland was necessary for national security and pressed Denmark to relinquish control of the strategically located Arctic territory.Those demands sparked a diplomatic standoff with Copenhagen and Nuuk, where leaders insisted Greenland was not for sale and stressed that its future could be decided only by the Greenlandic people.DENMARK VOWS TO DEFEND GREENLAND AFTER TRUMP REITERATES US SHOULD CONTROL TERRITORYGreenland is a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, with Copenhagen retaining authority over foreign, defense and security policy while Greenland controls many of its domestic a...