Denmark on Saturday welcomed a “binding” deal announced by US President Donald Trump that would give Washington “permanent control” over Greenland’s security and bar Russian and Chinese bases from the Arctic territory. The deal follows Trump’s repeated insistence since returning to the White House in January 2025 that the US needed to control Greenland for strategic reasons. Denmark and Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, both hailed the deal and said they would sign it on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next week. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said the potential signing meant “next week could be a good week.”
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