Greenland

The United States will control parts of Greenland by designating them as sovereign base areas under the terms of a proposed deal agreed in Davos.

Under the deal, which mimics Britain’s agreement with Cyprus, American bases on the Arctic island would be considered US territory, The Telegraph understands.

It would allow the US to carry out military and intelligence operations, as well as training, while also facilitating some local development, potentially including rare earth mining.

More … What we know about Trump’s ‘framework of future deal’ over Greenland

US President Donald Trump has announced there is a “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland”.

The statement came as a surprise after days of mounting tensions, culminating with a threat to impose economic sanctions on eight close US allies which have opposed his plans to seize the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.

So what could this deal entail and will it be acceptable to Denmark and Greenland – both of which have made it clear they will not relinquish sovereignty of the world’s largest island in the Arctic?

Can’t help but notice that Carney is never in the loop.

h/t Mauser

Europe and the US are in a full on dogfight over Greenland. Donald Trump’s late-night Truth Social posts, lambasting America’s European allies for their stance on the issue, prompted Emmanuel Macron to hit back against Washington in pointed terms: “We do prefer respect to bullies”. The US president’s earlier threats to impose tariffs to force the purchase of the semi-autonomous island received a similarly frosty reaction, including a rebuke from Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland’s prime minister. Even Britain’s Sir Keir Starmer, careful with his words, condemned the tactic.

🚨BREAKING – NATO's Mark Rutte CONTRADICTS Mark Carney, sides with Trump

"Trump is right — China is increasingly active in the arctic"

Mark Carney refuses to even acknowledge China is in the arctic!

What is going on?? pic.twitter.com/P48sYI7k4F

— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) January 21, 2026

Enemy Meme!

Not a single shot has been fired, but the meme phase of the war on Greenland is well underway pic.twitter.com/eeI3364FzW

— Sweet Meteor O’Death (@smod4real) January 21, 2026

Trump claims everyone is ‘happy’ with Greenland deal

A few more details

DW’s sources say a draft Greenland deal would mean no tariffs, revised rules for U.S. troop presence, U.S. oversight of investments, and stronger European security commitments, with details still being negotiated, my colleague @MKuefner reports. What else do we know about this… pic.twitter.com/dCQNigfXUQ

— Misha Komadovsky (@komadovsky) January 22, 2026

Tensions between the United States and Europe have prompted a rethink about defence spending among European elites. The postwar paradigm saw Uncle Sam pick up the tab for security while the Continentals sunk their treasure into social protection and other political priorities. This suited Europe for as long as their benefactor remained broadly faithful to rules-based global liberalism and didn’t ask too much in return. Donald Trump is faithful only to himself, thinks international norms are for wimps, and sees America’s underwriting of European security as a sugar daddy arrangement. In demanding Greenland, he has read his credit card bill aloud to us and unzipped himself expectantly.

First of all, don’t lose any sleep over Europe’s threat to use its “trade bazooka” to punish us for the “crime” of pursuing Greenland. It’s a completely empty threat.

Hell, the Europeans are still buying Russian oil by the barrelful — and in 2025, they actually spent more on Russian oil than in 2024 …

DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had reached the “framework” of a deal on Greenland with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and that he would not impose the tariffs against Europe that he had threatened as part of an effort to acquire the Arctic territory for the United States.

The announcement, made on Trump’s social media account, was the latest head-spinning twist in his effort to seize Greenland from Denmark despite Danish and Greenlandic objections that the island is not for sale. Trump’s announcement was short on details, but the deal was likely to fall far short of the full sovereign possession that he indicated as recently as earlier Wednesday that he was seeking, given that Rutte is not empowered to negotiate the transfer of territory from one NATO member to another.

BREAKING: President Trump says a "framework of a future deal" has been reached on Greenland after a meeting with NATO's secretary general and the planned tariffs on a group of European nations will no longer take effect.

Writing on Truth social: “Based upon a very productive… pic.twitter.com/IiQ5POb7ht

— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) January 21, 2026

Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”.

Addressing thousands of business and political leaders at the World Economic Form in the Swiss ski resort, the US president said he was “seeking immediate negotiations to once again discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States”.

“I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force. All the US is asking for is a place called Greenland,” he said. “You can say yes, and we will be very appreciative. Or you can say no and we will remember.”

🚨Trump just TORCHED the Davos!

“Without us, right now you’d all be speaking German and a little Japanese perhaps. After the war, we gave Greenland back to Denmark. How stupid were we to do that? But we did it. But how ungrateful are they now?” pic.twitter.com/OLKU1Y6AI9

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 21, 2026

Some hope his moves on Greenland are a ploy to force Europe to take Arctic security seriously. That seems highly optimistic

Never before has a Truth Social post generated such anger and fear across the European continent. The message: Europe’s largest economies will have to pay an additional 10pc tariff, rising to 25pc in June, until Greenland is part of the United States. On Monday, the author, Donald Trump, reiterated the threat and vowed that he was 100pc committed to executing it if Washington’s European allies didn’t get with the programme.

President Emmanuel Macron says France decries US President Donald Trump's threat to impose levies on countries opposing his plans to seize Greenland. Speaking in Davos, Macron said: ‘we do prefer respect to bullies … and we do prefer rule of law to brutality." pic.twitter.com/leBVxaor7F

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 20, 2026

Europe is headed for another civil war. They had two in the previous century, the Great War (rebranded later as World War I) and World War II. This one splits the East from the West as the Eastern countries trapped by communism under the Soviet Union do not want to be part of the Western countries foolishly chasing communism and embracing the Muslim invasion.

Britain and Europe appear hopelessly weak in the face of Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland.

European efforts to calm the mercurial US president’s desire for the Arctic island with a joint military mission to the region have backfired.

Mr Trump is now warning that he will hit the UK and its European allies with tariffs unless Denmark sells him Greenland.

Donald Trump has published private messages from European leaders after threatening to impose new tariffs on several EU countries over his demand to purchase Greenland.

In one, Emmanuel Macron pleaded with the US president to scale back his threats against the Danish territory and offered him a dinner in Paris.

Trump Shares Map of US Including Greenland, Canada, Venezuela

President Donald Trump has shared an image, seemingly AI-edited, that shows him sitting alongside a map of the U.S. that includes Greenland, Canada and Venezuela as he speaks with European leaders.

The picture, which Trump posted on Truth Social, appears to be an edited version of a photograph taken when leaders—including French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen—went to Washington, D.C., in August 2025.

BBC live stream – ‘No going back’ on Greenland plan, Trump says, as EU chief vows ‘unflinching’ response