Trump's Greenland security deal
The US and Denmark announced a deal Friday granting the US permanent military access, basing and overflight rights in Greenland, to be signed at next week's UN General Assembly session pending parliamentary approval in both Copenhagen and Nuuk. Trump said the agreement gives the US 'permanent control over security, and all other needs' at 'no cost to the United States,' barring adversaries like China and Russia from establishing military bases, stationing troops, or making sensitive investments in Greenland without US written approval; Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it a 'historic deal' that 'permanently and completely addresses our national security concerns in Greenland.' The deal stops short of transferring Greenland's sovereignty to the US and, according to a senior US official who briefed Fox News Digital, would let the US build new military installations when it judges them necessary without needing Danish or Greenlandic approval, though it would consult with them first - expanding on the existing 1951 defense agreement and the US's Pituffik Space Base presence, and factoring into Trump's planned 'Golden Dome' missile defense system.
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18 September 2026
- Trump declares victory with historic Greenland deal as he secures 'permanent' US military rights Fox News
- Trump claims deal with Denmark gives US ‘permanent control’ over Greenland Al Jazeera
- US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland after Trump annexation threats BBC News
- Trump says US reached Greenland security deal CNN