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US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump’s threats to take island

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What happened

The agreement would allow the US to expand its military presence, while Denmark and Greenland say it preserves their sovereignty and right to self-determination Donald Trump announced on Friday that the US had struck an Arctic security pact with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland, after threatening for months to take Greenland by force. The US president cast the deal as a personal triumph, claiming in a post on Tr…

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