DW English·Friday, September 18, 2026 at 09:53 PM

Deal with Denmark gives US 'permanent control' over Greenland security, Trump says

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Dmytro Hubenko

Danish navy vessel P572 Lauge Koch patrols the waters off the capital Nuuk, Greenland, on March 8, 2025 — Trump said the US would take 'permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland'Image: Odd Andersen/AFP

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the US had entered into an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that gives the US permanent control over Greenland's security.

In a post on Truth Social, he also wrote that the deal bars US adversaries from establishing bases there.

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