US-Denmark-Greenland security deal: The dramatic and strange negotiation process

Article in Danish but small snippet machine translated here:

Gone were demands for “control and ownership” of Greenland and dramatic consequences for the NATO defense alliance if it failed.

“It has been a wonderful journey with wonderful people,” Trump said, nodding toward Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

He gallantly pulled out the chair for the prime minister, whom he had called “nasty” in 2019 when she first rejected Trump’s idea of ​​buying Greenland as “absurd.”

Now he called the agreement “fantastic for Europe and fantastic for the United States.”

What had happened? Why did the pendulum swing from military threats to words of praise?

Berlingske has spoken to numerous sources with knowledge of the nine-month negotiation process in the US, Greenland and Denmark.

They do not talk about a “magnificent journey”.

Instead, they outline a negotiation process characterized by clashes to such an extent that the whole thing – close to the finish line – was about to go off the rails.

They outline a series of meetings where threats of a “takeover” of Greenland constantly lurked beneath the surface.

And where the Americans suddenly proposed that all Greenlanders should have access to the Trump-friendly television channel Fox News.

The implication: “fake news” in the Commonwealth should be over. Greenlanders should have a different image of the magnificent USA that Trump was creating.

The course of events regarding Greenland shows how two tracks, Trump's wild MAGA universe and the more traditional American diplomacy, went hand in hand and became entangled, the sources say.