“Trump says US has reached an agreement to take permanent control of Greenland’s security…”

That’s the headline of a report from The Independent dated 19 September 2026 (Trump says US has reached an agreement to take permanent control of Greenland’s security).

I wrote the following over a year ago:

There has been much speculation about what Trump might have to do to take control of Greenland. Blockades, buying it outright, getting permission from both Denmark AND Britain.

But the truth of the matter is much simpler.

All he needs to do is BEEF UP the American presence in Greenland, using much the same strategy Putin has used in Ukraine. Put not only American servicemen there, but their families as well. Establish research-related towns similar to Los Alamos. After all, Pituffin Space Base (formerly Thule AFB) naturally requires the presence of civilian personnel to carry out space-related research.

Greenland’s population is just shy of 57,000. It would take nothing for the military/space population to exceed the civilian population - assuming our presence there doesn’t already exceed that - and a 1950’s treaty allows the US to operate all across Greenland as long as there is a threat to the US. Since both Russia and China are working feverishly to establish their footholds in the Arctic and space for military purposes, there is an objective threat to the US.

Taking de facto control of Greenland would be easily accomplished - and I don’t put it past Trump to do it. He is a paranoid, malignant narcissist with antisocial tendencies and delusions of grandeur. A certifiable lunatic. And now he wants to build the Trumpian empire. He wants the history books, which HE will approve to be used in schools, to teach the children about our illustrious leader and the glorious empire he built single handedly.

People said I was crazy, that it would never happen, but with the creation of this agreement, Trump has just created the framework to make it happen.