Trump announces Greenland agreement with Denmark and United States

Denmark, Greenland and the United States have reached an agreement on Greenland, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, according to DR. Trump said the deal would give the United States permanent control over security and all other needs in Greenland.

“I am pleased to announce that the United States of America has reached an agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland that gives the United States permanent control over security and all other needs in Greenland and fully addresses all of our many American concerns,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He said the United States would immediately begin developing a large military presence in the relevant part of Greenland, where there were many suitable locations. The development and construction would be carried out in cooperation with Greenland’s population, he added.

Trump said the arrangement would benefit Denmark, Greenland, the United States and all of their allies.

The Danish Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement shortly afterwards confirming the agreement, which it said would “strengthen security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic region”.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she was pleased that a good agreement appeared possible for Greenland, the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States.

“An agreement that strengthens our shared security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic region and is therefore also good for NATO and Europe. And an agreement that at the same time recognises the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom and the Greenlandic people’s right to self-determination,” Frederiksen said.

Jens-Frederik Nielsen, chair of Naalakkersuisut, said the agreement would ensure and strengthen security for Greenland, the Kingdom of Denmark, the United States and the Western alliance.

“The agreement recognises Greenland’s interests and our place in international cooperation. It benefits us all,” he said.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the parties are expected to sign the agreement next week during the United Nations General Assembly. After it is signed, it will have to go through the necessary parliamentary procedures before it can take effect.

In January, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Vivian Motzfeldt, who was then Greenland’s minister for foreign affairs, said after a meeting with US Vice President J D Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the parties had agreed to establish a high level working group to find solutions and a common way forward.