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.
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.
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.