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foxnews.com - Trumps greenland deal set signing months long fight US control(Quoting Fox because the other outlets had too much editorial nonsense baked in)
The U.S., Denmark and Greenland formally signed President Donald 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 met Tuesday morning for a trilateral signing ceremony, where the three parties praised each other's defense cooperation over the past 75 years, through World War II and the Cold War. For those wondering, Greenland themselves signed the deal. For those saying "we already had this" you should read the original agreement:
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.The other leaders said
"This deal is good for the United States, it's good for Greenland, for Denmark, for the NATO alliance, and therefore also good for Europe," Frederiksen continued. "In other words, we are strengthening our common security, boosting our common deterrence, showing our adversaries who we are, and we are doing it together."
Nielsen echoed the message.
"The world has changed a great deal since 1951," he said. "A notable change is Greenland itself at the table today, signing this agreement, and for Greenland, this is not only an agreement about us, it is a, agreement with us. It takes into account the people of Greenland, our rights, our livelihoods, and the development of our country," he said. They seem to get it. Here's what they also understand:
"The security landscape in the Arctic is changing, and we recognize the long-term security threats that you, Mr. President, have rightly spoken about," he continued. "It is for that very reason that we have insisted on engaging in a constructive dialogue. Greenland matters for North American security and for transatlantic security, and this agreement reflects that we understand our responsibility and act accordingly. And NATO matters. We believe that it's vital to keep NATO strong, also in the Arctic, where the alliance has a key role to play."And the deal certainly does that
Those restrictions extend beyond military installations. The agreement creates a process for blocking adversarial investments in sectors the U.S. considers particularly sensitive, including telecommunications infrastructure, undersea cables, ports and critical minerals.
