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U.S. Announces Deal Claiming 'Permanent' Control Over Greenland Security

Welcomed by Danish and Greenlandic leaders, the pact would bar rival powers from bases, open Greenland to expanded U.S. military use, tie territory to a proposed U.S. missile‑defense project, with formal approvals and base plans still unresolved.

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La première ministre du Danemark Mette Frederiksen, entouré du président de la Lituanie Gitanas Nauseda et du premier ministre de l’Estonie, Kristen Michal, à Rovaniemi, le 14 septembre 2026.

Overview

  • President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the United States has reached an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that he said gives Washington "permanent control" over Greenland's security.
  • Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the text recognizes Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self‑determination, and Greenland's premier called the deal a compromise that strengthens regional security.
  • Multiple reports link the talks to plans for three new U.S. bases in southern Greenland to supplement the existing Pituffik facility in the north, though the number, locations and timelines remain under negotiation.
  • The U.S. State Department said the arrangement is designed to prevent China and Russia from establishing military presences or making sensitive investments on the island.
  • Any final agreement must pass domestic procedures in Denmark and Greenland, will build on the 1951 defence pact updated in 2004, and could reshape NATO and European defence posture in the Arctic and North Atlantic.