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Trump, Greenland, Denmark sign deal in bid to end Arctic standoff

Global Published 22 September 2026, 21:10 · archived 22 Sep 2026

UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger US military presence on Greenland and may resolve a standoff over the strategically located and mineral-rich island. The agreement, signed during Trump’s visit to the UN General Assembly in New York, stops short of Trump’s demand that the US adopt Greenland as a US territory to head off the growing Arctic presence of Russia and China. But the deal does permit a greater US military presence on the icy territory, an option that emerged as Greenland leaders argue...

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