No written document memorializes the future deal framework for Greenland, sources say

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Source: CNN Politics

Updated Jan 22, 2026, 2:30 PM ET
PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2026, 11:01 AM ET


President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reached a verbal understanding about Greenland during their meeting on Wednesday, but no document has been produced yet memorializing a future deal, people familiar with their discussion told CNN. Trump and Rutte agreed to further discussions about updating a 1951 agreement between the US, Denmark and Greenland that governs the US military’s presence on the island, the sources said.

The deal framework also guarantees that Russia and China will be barred from any investments in Greenland and lays out an enhanced role for NATO in Greenland, they said. Two of the sources said another element of a possible deal is increased US access to Greenland’s natural resources, including its mineral reserves. But Rutte on Thursday denied that he had discussed this issue with Trump directly.

The White House said previously that details of the plan would be released as they are finalized, and a spokeswoman repeated that Thursday. “If this deal goes through, and President Trump is very hopeful it will, the United States will be achieving all of its strategic goals with respect to Greenland, at very little cost, forever. President Trump is proving once again he’s the Dealmaker in Chief. As details are finalized by all parties involved, they will be released accordingly,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly.

CNN has reached out to Rutte’s office for comment. One person familiar with the discussions said Rutte did not want any formal documents prepared during his meeting with Trump because he was concerned they could leak — or be posted by Trump himself on social media. Trump earlier this week posted a private message Rutte sent to him ahead of their talks.

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[pfitz59]

1. I'm sure we'll see it

around the time his 'Health Care Plan' is finalized.

[Lovie777]

2. There is no deal..............

[C_U_L8R]

4. And there is no deal without Congress

Trump may as well be playing with wooden blocks. He's such a moron.

[Bev54]

8. There is no deal without Greenland and Denmark and they have no idea what this deal is

Greenland said that Rutte had no authority to make any deal with US and that all he did was deliver Greenland's message that their sovereignty is not for sale.

[Prairie Gates]

3. Rutte said "Do what you gotta do, and so will we"

That's it.

[delisen]

5. It is the New Europe Art of the No Deal

Europe ha spent the last 80 years learning how to work with each other. They have almost a century of learning how to cooperate for mutual benefit.

Trump’s billionaires and the MAGA types. Theirs is a world of free rides, exploitation , and self-deception. They thought they had all the cards.

[Eugene]

6. so they have a concept of a framework for a deal

Even if they wrote things down, don't believe that the Mango Mussolini will honor any deal. Sure he wants peace, that big "piece of ice" as he calls it.

Once the shock of Europe standing up to him wears off, he will start the conflict all over again.

[kbowman]

7. "No written document memorializes the future deal..."

because they told his orangeness that this was not happening but maybe he could ask them again in a few years to see if they changed their minds... they won't

[thought crime]

9. Trump doesn't hold the cards. The EU holds US Treasuries.

Looks like the only framework of a future deal that Europe will agree is to send Trump a few ice cubes "Made in Greenland".

[Javaman]

10. the orange asshole got pwn'd and he tried his best, which isn't much, to save his orange mug

as usually, nothing but bullshit and bluster.

[maxsolomon]

11. How is the Sec Gen of NATO making "deals" for Denmark/Greenland?

NATO doesn't control Greenland's mineral resources..