Signal Trump signs security agreement with Greenland and Denmark

Summary

At UN headquarters in New York during the 81st UN General Assembly's high-level week, President Trump and the leaders of Denmark and Greenland formally signed an Arctic security agreement. The signing formalized a deal reached earlier. The pact grants the United States permanent basing rights and bars any US adversary from establishing bases, military presence or sensitive investment in Greenland without the parties' approval. The agreement has no expiration date, and it also blocks non-NATO countries from installing military facilities without trilateral agreement. It tightens screening of non-NATO and non-EU investment as well, aimed at blocking Chinese and Russian influence. The agreement reaffirms Greenland and Denmark's sovereignty while granting the United States broad access to airspace and territorial waters, and it remains in force even if Greenland becomes independent.