The Greenland Crisis is Over. Was It Worth It?
Simon Whistler · September 24, 2026 · 14 min video · Americas
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So that's it, the Greenland crisis is officially over. After nearly two years of threats, diplomatic blowups and occasional talk of outright invasion, Washington, Copenhagen and N uke 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.
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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.
