President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he and NATO had established the “framework of a future deal” pertaining to the president’s ambition to own Greenland.
This announcement prompted excitement and celebration from the right, with “The Calvin Coolidge Project” on X/Twitter touting that the president had “secured land, minerals, and defense in one deal.”
🚨Breaking News: Details of the Trump-Greenland deal are starting to be revealed:
1. The U.S. will gain control of “Small small pockets of land” in Greenland
2. The U.S. will be involved in Greenland’s mineral rights
Greenland is estimated to hold reserves of natural resources… pic.twitter.com/xKTpdW32bs
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) January 21, 2026
From the left, on the other hand, came derision, doubts, and skepticism, with figures like Maggie Haberman of the New York Times suggesting that the deal is a giant nothingburger.
Appearing on CNN late Wednesday, Haberman posited that the deal is in fact “something that is already in existence.”
“As of now, based on what they’re talking about, it looks as if they’re talking about something that is already in existence,” she told host Anderson Cooper. “And in fact, the U.S. used to have a greater military presence in Greenland. It got scaled back after the Cold War.”
The main component of the deal, she alleged, is that the United States will be allowed to establish military bases in Greenland. The problem is that America reportedly already has a base there.
Her commentary missed the most important aspects of the deal: U.S. sovereignty over pockets of Greenland, in addition to access to Greenland’s vital minerals.
“Under the deal, which mimics Britain’s agreement with Cyprus, American bases on the Arctic island would be considered US territory,” according to The Telegraph.
“It would allow the US to carry out military and intelligence operations, as well as training, while also facilitating some local development, potentially including rare earth mining.”
(Video Credit: CNN)
Continuing her criticism of the deal, Haberman slammed Trump for recently complaining about whether NATO would ever come to the defense of the United States.
“Article 5 [of the NATO treaty] was invoked once, and it was after 9/11,” she insisted. “And someone who is from New York, it’s surprising that they don’t recall that. And so, he is speaking about this completely in transactional terms. And you can see that this is not over.”
“I understand that [NATO Secretary-General] Mark Rutte is trying to calm things down, but European leaders are still very alarmed. And leaders in Denmark have been very alarmed for weeks and weeks now before this really became much more public,” she added.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was the one responsible for working with Trump to establish the basic framework of the deal.
For the time being, more details need to be ironed out before the full specifics of the deal become clear.
“If this deal goes through, and President Trump is very hopeful it will, the United States will be achieving all of its strategic goals with respect to Greenland, at very little cost, forever,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
“President Trump is proving once again he’s the Dealmaker in Chief. As details are finalized by all parties involved, they will be released accordingly,” she added.
Meanwhile, as the deal begins to take hold, attention is also being directed at the Board of Peace for Gaza, which, according to the New York Post, “is designed to implement the president’s 20-point peace plan for the war-torn Gaza Strip, as endorsed verbatim by the UN Security Council in November.”
🚨 BREAKING: TRUMP UNVEILS THE BOARD OF PEACE FOR GAZA — THE MOST POWERFUL COALITION EVER ASSEMBLED FOR THE STRIP 🚨
The White House has just revealed the Board of Peace for Gaza — a powerhouse governing body that will oversee security, reconstruction, investment, and diplomacy… pic.twitter.com/JQxmTeWJWK
— Richard Miriti (@miriti55453) January 17, 2026
In a Post op-ed published Wednesday, Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies noted that the board’s recent formation “comes at a time when NATO is facing unprecedented strain over the dispute between Washington and European capitals over the fate of Greenland and military support for Ukraine.”
“The coming months will give a clearer sense of where the board is headed,” he wrote. “Gaza is an enormous challenge. The board would be wise to deal with that situation first before pivoting to other international conflicts.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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