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US Secures Permanent Military Rights in Greenland
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In Short: President Trump announces a deal granting the US permanent military access and basing rights in Greenland, with no cost to the US.
President Donald Trump announced a deal granting the US permanent military access and basing rights in Greenland, with no cost to the US, according to reports.
The agreement, reached with Denmark and Greenland, includes permanent control over security and the ability to establish additional military installations as needed.
Trump said the deal would fulfill his longstanding pledge to take over or effectively control Greenland, citing its strategic location in the Arctic.
The deal bars China, Russia, and other non-NATO countries from establishing military bases or maintaining troops in Greenland.
Greenland's government chairman Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the agreement 'ensures and strengthens the security' of Greenland, Denmark, and the US.
The agreement includes screening mechanisms intended to block investments from Russia and China and bans them from making investments in Greenland that could threaten the US.
The deal is designed to remain in effect even if Greenland eventually becomes an independent country.
Fox News Digital reported that the US will now have permanent access, basing, and overflight rights in Greenland.
The deal comes after months of threats by Trump to 'take' Greenland over national security concerns, citing its mineral wealth and strategic location.
Trump had even threatened military action, leading to an outcry from Danes and other NATO countries.
What this adds
The deal's impact on Greenland's sovereignty and territorial integrity remains a point of discussion.
Background
President Trump announces a deal granting the US permanent military access and basing rights in Greenland, with no cost to the US.
What's confirmed
- Trump said the agreement would grant the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs".
- The deal comes after months of threats by Trump to "take" Greenland over national security concerns, citing its strategic location for defence purposes and its mineral wealth. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the deal comes with "no cost to the United States" and will grant the US the ability to "to do what is necessary" to "secure and defend the security of Greenland".
- He said it includes a rule that no US adversary can maintain a military presence in Greenland or "make sensitive investments in Greenland, without our express written approval".
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it a "historic deal" and a "huge win for the United States and the American people".
- "This deal permanently and completely addresses our national security concerns in Greenland," he told Fox News.
- President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States has reached an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that he says gives the U.S. “permanent control over security” on the Arctic Island.
- He said the U.S. will “immediately begin the process of developing a large Military presence” there.
- “This is an ‘Infinite Life’ Agreement, there is no end!” Trump said.
- The U.S. will now have permanent access, basing and overflight rights in Greenland and the ability to establish additional military installations as needed, according to a senior U.S. official who outlined the deal exclusively to Fox News Digital.
- American Military Project director Will Thibeau weighs in during 'Fox & Friends First.' FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump struck a sweeping agreement with Denmark and Greenland this week granting the United States permanent military rights on the strategically placed Arctic island.
- The deal bars China, Russia and other non- NATO countries from establishing military bases or maintaining troops in Greenland.
- “[T]he United States will FOREVER have the complete ability to do what is necessary in Greenland in order to secure and defend the security of Greenland, and the United States of America,” the president’s post continued.
What's still developing
- Denmark's Prime Minister said the deal "strengthens security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic area" but did not address specifics in the agreement that Trump mentioned in a social media post.
- She said the agreement "strengthens our common security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic area" while also "at the same time recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom and the right of the Greenlandic people to self-determination".
- "The agreement recognises Greenland's interests and our place in international co-operation. It is for the benefit of us all," he said.
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- She added that the deal still needs approval from legislators, and "will have to go through the necessary parliamentary procedures to enter into force".
- Trump had tried for months to purchase or annex the mineral-rich Danish territory.
- The agreement, they said, will strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic while preserving Danish sovereignty over Greenland and the territory’s right to self-determination.
- Trump claimed the agreement comes at no cost to the United States and guarantees Washington “FOREVER” the “complete ability to do what is necessary” to secure and defend Greenland and the United States.
- “We are very honored and proud of what has just taken place, and everything agreed to today will be cherished by the American People.” Following Trump’s announcement, the Greenland government and Danish Prime Minister’s Office released a joint statement saying Denmark and Greenland expect to sign a new security agreement with the United States at the United Nations next week.
- "The difference here is we're not spending any money for the right" to expand the U.S. military presence, the senior official explained.
- The administration is seeking to prevent Greenland from becoming another version of what it sees as the strategic vulnerability that developed around the Panama Canal, where Chinese commercial interests have fueled U.S. concerns that ostensibly civilian infrastructure could have national security implications.
- "We're never going to face that in Greenland as a result of this," the official told Fox News Digital.