President Donald Trump has announced an agreement granting the United States permanent control over Greenland's security, describing it as an "infinite life" deal that represents a cornerstone achievement of his second term. Trump has positioned the acquisition of security control over Greenland as a national security imperative, citing the territory's strategic Arctic location and concerns about China and Russia's expanding influence in the region.

The agreement, to be signed at next week's UN General Assembly summit, grants the US permanent ability to conduct necessary security operations in Greenland and prohibits any US adversaries from establishing military bases, troops or making sensitive investments on the island without American approval. The deal allows the US and its allies to make sensitive investments in telecommunications, undersea capabilities, ports and critical minerals, whilst Denmark and Greenland would no longer need to approve new US military installations. The arrangement requires approval from both Danish and Greenlandic parliaments and falls short of ceding Greenland's sovereignty to the United States; Trump claims it costs America nothing and would remain in effect even if Greenland became independent.