Donald Trump announced late on Wednesday a “game-changer” for the US in which it has secured “infinite life” control of Greenland’s security at no cost to taxpayers in what is a “generational achievement.”
Under the terms of the agreement dubbed by Trump as the “Infinite Life” Agreement, the United States has secured a 100 year plus lease of Greenland’s security under the control of the US in a deal brokered by Trump with the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland. The deal effectively bars adversaries including China and Russia from ever establishing a military base in Greenland or even maintaining a military presence in the island. Nor will any adversary be able to make sensitive investments in Greenland without the written approval of the US.
The island of Greenland is of strategic importance to the United States because it is located at the northernmost tip of North America and is situated astride the critical North Atlantic shipping lanes. Additionally, Greenland provides the United States with a radar horizon that extends deep into Russian and Chinese airspace and it is home to the U.S. Pituffik Space Base, (previously known as Thule Air Base) which serves as an early warning system for ballistic missile attacks. As Arctic experts and defense analysts have noted for years, whoever controls Greenland will control the High North.
Reuters previously reported that Denmark had told the United States it would not consider selling Greenland and was opposed to the country establishing a military base there. The agreement is a security compact and not a purchase of Greenland by the United States, thus sidestepping the previous rejection by the Danish government.
Trump confirmed that the U.S. will immediately start to develop a large military base in Greenland, in partnership with the people of Greenland. The agreement is designed to be permanent — an “Infinite Life” Agreement with no expiration.
This deal immediately caps Chinese and Russian aggression in the region, since they can never establish a military base, have a military presence, or make sensitive investments in Greenland without Washington’s written approval. This deal also finally puts an end to China’s aggressive attempts to expand Arctic shipping routes and to Russia’s attempts to reconstitute its Cold War Arctic military infrastructure.
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