Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Egede Nielsen, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and US President Donald Trump signed an agreement in New York expanding American military presence in Greenland (a vast Arctic island that is an autonomous territory of Denmark), effectively ending Trump's repeated threats to annex the island by force. Both leaders described the moment as a relief, with Frederiksen acknowledging the intense pressure Greenland had faced, while Nielsen emphasised that the deal was negotiated with Greenland rather than simply about it — a distinction seen as a formal recognition of Greenlandic self-determination. However, caution persists: some Greenlandic and Danish legislators criticised the deal for being signed before parliamentary debate, others noted it does not explicitly require the US to abandon annexation ambitions, and residents near Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland — where a new US military base is planned — worry they may be forced to leave their homes.