Donald Trump is set to sign a security deal on Tuesday with Denmark and Greenland to end a bitter dispute over the Arctic island, expanding Washington’s military role without granting the US the ownership or outright control the president once sought.
Full details have yet to be released. “It’s entirely possible to retain sovereignty while having closer cooperation on security and defense.
The deal will leave Greenland under Danish sovereignty , Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday, framing it “a good agreement” that benefits all sides. “We are not giving up sovereignty, and I can guarantee that I will never do that as Danish prime minister,” she told local broadcasters. The US president on Friday announced a deal had been reached, saying on social media that it would give the US “permanent control over security” in Greenland, including giving Washington a say over foreign military activity and sensitive investments and expanding its military footprint on the island.
Trump is scheduled to sign the agreement alongside Frederiksen and Greenland’s leader, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York at 10.30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, according to a statement from the government in Copenhagen.
