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Trump Announces US Security Deal Over Greenland With Denmark

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Donald Trump says the US, Denmark and Greenland have agreed to give Washington permanent control over the Arctic island's security, at no cost to the US.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington had struck a deal with Denmark and Greenland granting the United States lasting authority over security matters on the Arctic island. He described the arrangement as giving the US "permanent control" over Greenland's defence and related needs while leaving formal sovereignty with Denmark.

Trump said the accord lets Washington step in whenever it judges action necessary to protect both American and Greenlandic interests. Crucially, he said, it bars US rivals from setting up military bases or channelling sensitive money into the island without written US consent. "There will be no cost to the United States," he added.

The president framed the agreement as open-ended. He called it an "Infinite Life" deal with no expiry, and said he had directed representatives from Denmark and Greenland to secure a guarantee that the US would always retain the ability to do what it deemed needed to defend the territory and itself.

Trump also laid out plans to widen the American footprint on the island. He said the US would move quickly to build up a sizeable military presence in a suitable location, and pledged to carry out that construction alongside Greenland's residents.

He cast the outcome as something his predecessors had failed to deliver. Presidents had recognised Greenland's strategic value for more than a century, he said, but none had acted on it. He claimed the new deal settled the matter for good and served the interests of the United States, Denmark, Greenland and Washington's allies.

Greenland and Denmark said in a statement that they expect to sign the agreement with the US on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the deal beneficial for NATO and Europe and said it bolstered shared security across the Arctic and the North Atlantic.

Frederiksen stressed that the arrangement respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both Greenland and Denmark, and upholds the right of both peoples to self-determination. Her comments underscored that the island remains an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.

The announcement follows months of friction. Greenland has sat at the heart of a diplomatic row since Trump began repeatedly pressing for the US to take control of the island. Denmark and Greenland had rebuffed those earlier demands. Trump has justified his push by pointing to American national security and rising Russian and Chinese activity across the Arctic.

The US already operates a base on the island, the Pituffik Space Base, under existing defence understandings with Denmark. Trump's latest move would substantially enlarge the military and security role that Washington plays in Greenland.

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