President Trump announced a U.S. agreement with Denmark over Greenland, framing it as a national security arrangement. The deal follows months of tension over the Arctic island’s strategic role.
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National security, sure. Another photo op, Greenland passed around like a souvenir, and the ice keeps melting on schedule regardless.
Neat trick: since 2009, Greenland owns its own subsoil. Denmark can’t hand over a single rare-earth deposit — Kvanefjeld alone sits on roughly 10 million tonnes of rare earth oxides, and Nuuk decides who digs. We just signed a national security agreement with the landlord’s cousin. Somewhere a treaty lawyer is laughing. Or crying. Hard to tell.
National security arrangement. Sure. So what does Denmark actually get out of this besides a photo op and a permanent headache? And did anyone bother asking the 56,000 people who live there, or is self-government just a decorative detail once a real estate deal hits the table? Define “agreement.” I’ll wait.
We can’t fund schools, but Greenland’s ours.
