Trump Claims 'Permanent Control' Over Greenland Security Under New Deal With Denmark

US President Donald Trump said the United States has secured "permanent control" over security arrangements in Greenland under a new agreement reached with Denmark, according to a report by Al Jazeera.

The agreement, as described in the report, falls short of the outright acquisition of the Arctic territory that Trump had previously said he wanted, with the president having repeatedly floated the idea of the US taking ownership of Greenland.

Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, has been the subject of repeated statements from Trump since he returned to office, with the president citing its strategic location and natural resources as reasons for US interest in the island.

Al Jazeera's report examines the extent to which the new arrangement translates into actual US authority over Greenland's security, noting a gap between Trump's public characterization of "permanent control" and the terms of the agreement with Denmark.

Denmark has previously rejected the idea of selling or ceding sovereignty over Greenland, while affirming its openness to closer cooperation with Washington on defence and economic matters concerning the territory.

Further details on the specific terms of the security agreement, and reactions from Danish and Greenlandic officials, were not immediately available.