Former Canadian MP Charlie Angus says it "looks like Denmark just knelt and kissed the gangster's ring"
Charlie AngusFormer New Democratic Party member of the Canadian Parliament for Timmins—James Bay, posting on his own Bluesky account
Former Canadian MP Charlie Angus, posting on Bluesky with a link to an NBC News report on Trump's announced agreement with Denmark and Greenland, wrote: "Looks like Denmark just knelt and kissed the gangster's ring." He went on to ask whether the EU would back Canada "if push comes to shove" and said Canadians must count on themselves.
“Looks like Denmark just knelt and kissed the gangster's ring.”
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Trump’s “permanent control” description of the announced U.S.-Denmark-Greenland security agreement
On September 18, 2026, President Donald Trump announced an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that he said gives the United States “permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland.” Danish and Greenlandic officials initially described an expected agreement and emphasized sovereignty and self-determination. On September 22, the White House published an agreement text dated that day. It reaffirms Denmark’s sovereignty and Greenland’s right to self-determination; provides for U.S. defense areas and access under stated procedures; bars non-NATO states from establishing military installations unless the parties agree otherwise; and has no end date. The text says it enters into force only after diplomatic notice of necessary parliamentary procedures. The dispute remains over how Trump’s “permanent control” description compares with the document’s terms.
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The speaker's own post. After the quoted sentence the post asks whether the EU would have Canada's back if push comes to shove, says Canadians must count on themselves, and links the NBC News report listed below. The post does not name 'the gangster'; the referent (Trump) is inferred from the linked report.
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The report Angus linked (its headline matches the link card in his post). Used for context only: it reports Trump's Truth Social words, statements by Frederiksen and Nielsen and unnamed State Department statements, none of which are Angus's words.
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At 5:18 PM EDT on 2026-09-18, Trump posted on Truth Social that the United States had entered into an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that gives it "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland." NBC News published its report on the announcement at about 6:37 PM EDT, including a statement from Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Angus linked it in his post.
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As of NBC News's update on 2026-09-19, the full text of the agreement had not been released.
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Why this label?
Angus does not dispute that description: in a post linking a report headlined with "permanent" control, he reads the announcement as Denmark yielding to Trump (the "gangster", in context) and denounces it in his own words. The closest competing label is “Challenged the characterization”, since he is reacting to a news framing of the deal. That loses because he disputes no description; he treats the announcement as a Danish concession and expresses a clearly critical evaluation of it.
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