President Trump announced on September 18 a trilateral security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that bars countries like Russia and China from building military bases, stationing forces, or making sensitive investments on the island without explicit US approval. The deal, described by Trump as an Infinite Life Agreement, grants the United States permanent access, basing, and overflight rights across the entire Greenlandic territory, rights that would persist even if the territory, currently an autonomous region under Danish administration, achieves independence. The agreement costs Washington nothing, though the operational costs of expanding military infrastructure across the island’s 836,000 square miles remain substantial. The formal signing is expected during the UN General Assembly in New York the week of September 22.
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