The US military has multiple bases throughout the Danish territory.
13:31, Thu, Jan 22, 2026 Updated: 13:59, Thu, Jan 22, 2026
Donald Trump delivered a speech at Davos (Image: Getty)
Donald Trump has declared the US will have "total access" to Greenland, as he issued a major update on a possible deal struck with NATO allies at Davos. The President also pledged that a portion of America’s “Golden Dome” missile defense system would be constructed in Greenland.
“Essentially, it provides full access,” Trump said during an interview this morning, January 22, with Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo at the World Economic Forum. Insisting the US needs the terrority for security Trump said that the US will have "total access to Greenland" and all the "military access".
President Trump said: "There’s no end, there’s no time limit."
Trump said the US will have 'total access to Greenland' (Image: Getty)
He continued: "I’m not gonna have to pay anything. "We’re gonna have total access to Greenland. We’re gonna have all military access that we want. We’re going to be able to put what we need on Greenland because we want it.
"We’re talking about national security and international security." Discussions with NATO remain at a preliminary phase, and the precise terms of the eventual agreement are not yet clear.
It comes after President Trump made a surprise announcement that there is a "framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland".
The move, he said, would end the threat of tariffs on the UK and EU allies who opposed his plan to annex Greenland.
Speaking to CNBC, Trump said the deal would involve Greenland's minerals and the US Golden Dome missile defence system and would last "forever".
President Trump called the arrangement 'a little bit complex' (Image: Getty)
He called the arrangement "a little bit complex" when quizzed on whether it included US ownership of the territory, he did admit that it was the kind of deal he wanted.
Trump said on Wednesday that further talks on Greenland were ongoing and that Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff were leading the negotiations.
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He told reporters in Davos the deal would be announced “pretty soon.” Trump is attempting to justify taking control of Greenland due to its strategic location, abundant mineral resources, and increasing Russian and Chinese military activity in the region.
This claim has been opposed by many, including Barack Obama's former assistant secretary of state Frank Rose, the last US official to negotiate a defence agreement with Denmark and the Greenland Home Rule administration.
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