Scott Horton says Trump announces at rallies an intention to violate the Greenland agreement
Scott HortonContributing editor at Harper's Magazine, on his Bluesky account
On Bluesky, Harper's Magazine contributing editor Scott Horton said Trump now talks at every rally about having got Greenland. He said people in Greenland, Denmark and elsewhere notice that Trump signed agreements and then announced at campaign rallies his intention to violate them, and said it is not a joke.
“Trump talks about how he "got Greenland" at every rally now, and people in Greenland, Denmark and around the world take note of how he signed agreements and then announced in campaign rallies his intention to violate them. This is not a joke.”
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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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Scott Horton posted this on Bluesky on October 25, 2026 (UTC), with an attached image.
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About an hour earlier, at a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, Trump said Denmark gave the United States Greenland and that the United States got Greenland and Venezuela for zero.
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The September 22 agreement reaffirms Denmark's sovereignty and Greenland's right to self-determination and provides for U.S. defense areas and access under stated procedures.
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Relative to Trump's description of the agreement as giving the United States permanent control over security and all other needs in Greenland, Horton says Trump's repeated claim to have got Greenland signals an intention to violate the agreements he signed. That treats the description as a warning sign rather than a figure of speech. The closest competing label is challenges the characterization; it loses because Horton faults Trump's conduct rather than only correcting the description.
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