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Trump’s massive Greenland deal makes clear who controls the Arctic’s strategic future

The agreement ensures no US adversary can establish a base or make sensitive investments without American approval

By Rebecca Grant Fox News

Published September 21, 2026 6:00am EDT

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Trump’s Greenland deal would expand US military rights

Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan reports on President Donald Trump’s security deal with Denmark and Greenland and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks on the agreement on ‘Fox Report.’

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Call it a win-win for Denmark and President Donald Trump. "The United States will FOREVER have the complete ability to do what is necessary in Greenland in order to secure and defend the security of Greenland, and the United States of America. Additionally, from now on, no U.S. adversary can EVER have a base in Greenland, have a military presence in Greenland, or make sensitive investments in Greenland, without our express written approval," he posted on Friday.

Trump’s Greenland deal is a move to freeze out China and protect America in the Western hemisphere. In decades past, Americans could indulge our natural aversion to foreign policy and bask in economic prosperity and a Western hemisphere free of major threats.

Then China’s President Xi Jinping........

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