NEW: Trump Reveals Details On ‘Framework’ Greenland Deal

Following his address at the annual World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump outlined a preliminary agreement on Greenland during an interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen. The update comes after weeks of intense negotiations between the Trump Administration, the government of Greenland and Denmark, which currently controls Greenland as a territory.

The discussion followed Trump’s meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, where they established what Trump described as the “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland.”

“Well, we have a concept of a deal. I think it’s going to be a very good deal for the United States and also for them. Rutte was representing them. I assume he has been speaking to all of them,” the president told Kernen.

Trump emphasized collaboration with European partners after intense negotiations. Just last week, the president announced that he will be slapping additional tariffs on a number of major European countries, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom, over their opposition to a U.S. acquisition of the arctic territory.

“We’re going to work together on something having to do with the Arctic as a whole, but also Greenland,” the president revealed. He further described the deal as complex but beneficial to both the United States and its partners.

“The deal is a little bit complex. We will explain it down the line. It is the kind of a deal that I wanted to be able to make. It’s better than Obama’s Iran nuclear deal, this deal is forever,” he said.

According to a report from the New York Times, the deal will involve the United States purchasing parts of Greenland in order to house U.S. military bases. The U.S. military has long maintained a presence on the island, due to its unique positioning for missile defense and radar monitoring.

Located on the northwestern coast of Greenland, Thule Air Base is the U.S. military’s northernmost base and the only installation north of the Arctic Circle. It is home to the 12th Space Warning Squadron and conducts 24/7 missile detection using space surveillance and a massive AN/FPS-132 radar, according to a report from Defense News.

“In the case of the Russian launch, it was an advertised launch, and so information about the number of payloads and the launch location and intended orbit were published,” said Major Jason Bullock, the 12th SWS’ operations officer, in a 2019 interview.

Trump stressed security aspects of the deal in his interview with CNBC.

“It’s everything we wanted, including especially real national security and international security,” he said, adding that the full text of the deal will be “put out very soon.”

The framework reportedly includes access to mineral rights for the U.S. and its European allies, as well as involvement in the president’s Golden Dome missile defense project.

“They’re going to be involved in the Golden Dome, and they’re going to be involved in mineral rights, and so are we,” Trump told Kernen. The president also dismissed reports of potential military action in the region, saying, “I don’t see us fighting with Denmark.”

In his address earlier in the day, Trump referenced historical context, including the U.S. occupation of Greenland during World War II, and stressed its role in national security. “We need it for security and now we’re going to have even better security I think than I had to talk about Greenland but you’re always moving on to the next thing,” he said.

Denmark had repeatedly rejected an outright sale or transfer, though the two parties, as well as Greenland, appear to have agreed on a framework of a deal that all find beneficial.

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