Rebeccah Heinrichs
Role at the time: Senior fellow at the Hudson Institute focusing on nuclear deterrence and missile defense, on her X account
Defended or excused
Statement summary
On X, Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs called the announced agreement a "huge win for the United States and @POTUS," said Denmark and Greenland were "leaning in and working hard for shared security against our adversaries," and called it a "big improvement for the alliance for decades to come."
“Huge win for the United States and @POTUS. And we can see Denmark and Greenland leaning in and working hard for shared security against our adversaries. Big improvement for the alliance for decades to come.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Post by Rebeccah Heinrichs (@RLHeinrichs) on X, September 18, 2026Complete post 2101083594928103843, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58:59 UTC)
Why we used this label
Relative to Trump's "permanent control" description of the announced U.S.-Denmark-Greenland security agreement, Heinrichs endorses the agreement outright as a "huge win" and an improvement for the alliance, without qualification or dispute of Trump's description.