Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (R) shakes hands with Donald Trump as Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (C) watches at a ceremony during the UN General Assembly, September 22, 2026 (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
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I joined PoliticsJOE’s Ava Santina for a deep dive into this week’s developments at the UN General Assembly, beginning with the success of Denmark and Greenland in playing Donald Trump over a “historic deal”.
I explain how the deal, signed on Tuesday, ended Trump’s threats of seizing Greenland. Far from giving the US sole control of the world’s largest island, the agreement was essentially a reaffirmation of the 1951 US-Denmark Treaty, adding Greenland as a signatory.
The Trump camp declared that under Tuesday’s agreement, they can expand US military bases in Greenland. The US already had that right under the 1951 Treaty.
They said they can pursue the “Golden Dome” high-altitude missile defense. The US was authorized to do so under a 2004 amendment to the Treaty.
They said the deal prevents adversaries from establishing military positions in Greenland. The 1951 Treaty was developed precisely to prevent an adversary, in this case the Soviet Union, from doing so.
Ava and I also discuss other examples of the handling of a temperamental Trump, including his meetings with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
And we take a moment to look at the Trump camp’s attempts to break responsible journalism, from the launch of the North Korea-style Trump TV to the barring of leading outlets from the White House.
