00:00I think it's a really good deal for everybody.
00:02It's a great security, great national and international security.
00:06It's a deal that people jumped at.
00:10Really fantastic for the USA.
00:12Gets everything we wanted.
00:15Donald Trump's bold claim over Greenland stunned the world on Wednesday
00:19after weeks of escalating threats that had raised alarms in Copenhagen and across Europe.
00:25Financial markets bounced back and European leaders breathed a sigh of relief
00:30as the president unveiled what he called
00:32the framework of a future deal regarding the Arctic Territory.
00:39Speaking at the World Economic Forum,
00:42Trump insisted he wanted Greenland including right, title and ownership,
00:46but stepped back from earlier threats of military intervention.
00:50Later, via social media, he announced the compromise deal
00:54and withdrew threatened tariffs against eight European countries.
00:59According to the Telegraph,
01:01the framework could give the US sovereignty over small pockets of Greenland,
01:06primarily around military bases,
01:08similar to the UK's arrangement in Cyprus.
01:11The plan might also allow Washington to mine rare earth minerals
01:15without Danish permission, stirring anger among Greenlandic politicians.
01:19Aja Kemnitz Larsson, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament,
01:25called the idea that NATO could influence Greenland's sovereignty or minerals
01:30completely out of the question.
01:33The proposal has been met with scepticism from locals,
01:36who see the plan as an overreach into their territory.
01:39A European official told the Post that Rutter suggested transferring sovereignty
01:47of Pitific space base in northern Greenland to the US.
01:52Though under American control since a 1951 defence agreement,
01:56the land legally belongs to Denmark.
01:58The deal would fall short of Trump's original goal of complete and total control,
02:04but still marks a major expansion of US influence in the Arctic.
02:08If finalised, this would be the first time the US has expanded its territory
02:14since World War II,
02:16when the northern Mariana Islands were taken from Japan.
02:19Observers say the deal echoes a 1960 UK Cyprus pact
02:24granting Britain control over two military bases.
02:30Meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutter in Davos,
02:34Trump admitted doubts about the alliance's reliability
02:36if the US were attacked.
02:38Rutter, however, offered unequivocal reassurance.
02:43There's one thing I heard you say yesterday and today,
02:46you were not absolutely sure that Europeans would come to the rescue of the US
02:50if you were attacked.
02:51Let me tell you, they will.
02:54And they did in Afghanistan, as you know,
02:55for every American who paid,
02:59the ultimate price,
03:01there was one soldier from another NATO country
03:04who did not come back to his family.
03:06From the Netherlands, from Denmark,
03:08particularly for other countries.
03:10So you can be assured, absolutely,
03:12if ever the US would be under attack,
03:14your allies will be with you.
03:16For Greenland, the world's largest island,
03:21the plan exposes the high-stakes struggle over Arctic sovereignty,
03:25military power, and rare minerals.
03:28Even short of full US control,
03:30the framework signals that territorial ambitions
03:33and strategic rivalries in the Arctic remain dangerously alive,
03:37with Greenland caught in the crossfire.
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