Troels Lund Poulsen calls expected Greenland agreement positive, says recognising Kingdom sovereignty is crucial
Troels Lund PoulsenChair of Venstre (a party outside the government formed on 3 June 2026), member of the Folketing and deputy chair of its Foreign Policy Committee, in a post on his X account
In a Danish-language post on X, Venstre chair Troels Lund Poulsen called the news that Greenland, Denmark and the United States are moving toward an agreement an important and positive piece of news, and said it is absolutely crucial that the agreement recognises the Kingdom's sovereignty and Greenlanders' right to decide their own future. The quotation is our English translation of the Danish original.
“An important and positive piece of news for Greenland, Denmark and our shared security. Greenland, Denmark and the USA are on their way toward an agreement that is to strengthen security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic. For me it is absolutely crucial that the agreement recognises the Kingdom's sovereignty and Greenlanders' right to decide their own future. These are fundamental principles that we must stand firm on.”
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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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Post on his X account @troelslundp. The post shows no edit. The quotation is our English translation of paragraphs 1-3. Original Danish: 'En vigtig og positiv nyhed for Grønland, Danmark og vores fælles sikkerhed [two flag emoji follow this sentence] Grønland, Danmark og USA er på vej mod en aftale, der skal styrke sikkerheden i Arktis og Nordatlanten. For mig er det helt afgørende, at aftalen anerkender Kongerigets suverænitet og grønlændernes ret til selv at bestemme deres fremtid. Det er grundlæggende principper, som vi skal stå fast på.' The same text appears on his Facebook page at 09:28 Copenhagen time according to the feed embedded on his website.
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Cited from the trumpstruth.org archive mirror, which shows the full text, the original post date (Friday, September 18, 2026, 05:18 pm EDT), the Truth Social status ID and the original URL https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117294126158197822. We could not read the original post on Truth Social. The post says the United States “has entered into an Agreement,” whereas the Danish and Greenlandic release describes an expected agreement still to be signed. The identical text was posted on Trump’s X account (separate source). This page was captured by the mirror on September 19, 2026 at 11:51 AM EDT; the mirror’s later Truth Social entries through 12:52 PM EDT that day, including the transcript of a 1:06 AM video, do not mention Greenland.
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Context source for the text before the quotation, not a source of the quotation. Official English version of the joint release; the Danish original is on stm.dk.
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Entry in TV 2's long-running live blog (the blog itself dates from 2025-01-06, so each entry needs its own timestamp). It reports the X post and prints the same two sentences from it. Corroboration only, published about 90 minutes after the post.
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Context source for the text after the quotation, not a source of the quotation. AP text as syndicated by WRAL (published 09:38 UTC, updated 13:28 UTC on 2026-09-19). It states the deal has not yet been made public.
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On the evening of 18 September 2026 (U.S. Eastern time), President Trump announced on Truth Social an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that he said gives the United States permanent control over security and all other needs in Greenland. A joint release from the Danish Prime Minister's Office and the Government of Greenland said the three governments were expected to sign an agreement the following week at the UN General Assembly, after which it would need to pass the necessary national parliamentary procedures.
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TV 2 quoted the post in its live blog at 10.56 Copenhagen time. AP reported the same day that the agreement had not yet been made public.
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Poulsen welcomes the news of an agreement but calls it absolutely crucial that the agreement recognise the Kingdom's sovereignty and Greenlanders' right to decide their own future, a condition that was still open because the text was unpublished, and he does not mention Trump's description. The closest competing label is “Defended or excused”, because he calls the news positive. That loses because his welcome is tied to an express sovereignty condition, and his stress on sovereignty is a condition on his own support rather than a dispute of Trump's wording, which he does not address.
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