The president Donald Trump signed a historic pact on Tuesday at the UN summit that reestablishes a U.S. military base in southern Greenland and establishes new sites along the entire east coast of the country. The agreement focuses on "eliminating the previous status quo" in Greenland, a State Department official stated.
Washington will build a site in Narsarsuaq, whose population has dwindled to just a few dozen people since the United States closed its Bluie West One military base in the 1950s, and Mestersvig, a military outpost currently used by a unit of Danish special forces.
It is worth noting that this pact with Denmark and Greenland is perpetual and that the U.S. will immediately begin the process of militarizing the Arctic island. In this way, Washington will be able to defend the territory against a hypothetical incursion from China or Russia, something that was not possible under the previous status quo.
Trump had previewed the agreement on Friday through his social media. "I am pleased to announce that the United States of America has reached an agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland that grants the United States permanent control over security and all other needs in Greenland, fully addressing ALL of our multiple American concerns," the president wrote.
