A few hours ago, President Trump announced that an agreement has been reached with Denmark and Greenland for the U.S. to assume security responsibility for that country:
Details of the agreement will be made public soon, but based on Trump’s description it sounds like Greenland will remain a mostly self-governing territory of Greenland, but with the U.S. having rights and responsibilities with regard to military security and perhaps other matters.
As the battle for control over the Arctic heats up, this can only be good news. Trump says we will “immediately begin the process of the process of developing a large Military presence” in Greenland. We will se...
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