We got it! President Trump says he’s got a deal on Greenland. Or at least… a framework of a future deal. After a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump announced that the outlines of an agreement now exist “with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic region.” That’s odd because NATO has no authority over Greenland and neither does the U.S. How do two disinterested parties make a deal on land that is not theirs? Greenland is a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. What do the people of Greenland say? We could hold a referendum to see but world leaders are not proposing that. Still, President Trump seems pleased. He called off threatened tariffs on European allies, suggesting that merely talking about Greenland was good enough to declare victory. Mission accomplished? Maybe not. The Danish foreign minister said that he will not consider this. Ever. “We will not enter negotiations based on giving up fundamental principles,” he said. “That will never happen.” The post Trump, NATO, and the Curious Case of the Greenland “Deal” appeared first on Redacted.