“President Trump signed a Greenland security deal that falls well short of his demands to turn the island into a U.S. territory.”

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“We just saw the actual text of the agreement with Greenland between the United States and Greenland. It looks a good deal like the security agreement that the United States had with Greenland right after World War II, and doesn’t appear to come very close to matching the rhetoric that President Trump attached to the whole effort.”

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“The announcement of a deal regarding the future of Greenland hopefully ends a period of tension between the United States, Denmark, Greenland, and other European allies. U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed a triumphant deal, but the whole thing has been an exercise in pointlessness. Though more details, including the full text of the agreement, need to be released, much of what the purported deal accomplishes was either already the case or could have been achieved through diplomacy and without the threats of coercive action.”

Trump’s Greenland Deal Is a Pyrrhic Victory at Best

“The signed agreement notably stops short of Trump's call for the U.S. to ​take over Greenland as a U.S. territory.”

Trump Signs Greenland Security Deal, Ending Standoff Over Strategic Island

“Despite the usual bluster, bravado, and social media posts showing Greenland colored in with the Stars and Stripes, Trump’s avowed aim of annexation was not accomplished. The Dannebrog will still flutter in the Arctic breeze. According to a statement put out by Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Friday, the deal “recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom [of Denmark] and the Greenlandic people’s right to self-determination.””

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