The Greenland Crisis is Over. Was It Worth It?
Simon Whistler • September 24, 2026
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So that's it the greenland crisis is officially over after nearly two years of threats diplomatic blow-ups and occasional talk of outright invasion washington copenhagen and nuke finally have a deal perhaps unsurprisingly donald trump was quick to cast the agreement in historical terms bragging that despite plenty of presidents for him trying to land such a
Deal quote none of them were able to do anything about it of course there's a lot more to the story than just america constantly winning the us already had a deal on greenland that was already quite generous so the questions here are twofold one how much of an improvement is the new deal over the old one and two was it really worth the two years of fear and
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Washington secured new bases and a formal veto on Chinese investment, but Denmark was never going to refuse either. The real price of two years of threats was allied trust, not territory.