Beau of The Fifth Column

Framework of a future deal.

How very concepts of a plan-ish.

Okay, there are some huge signs here that this is absolutely nothing but rhetoric to make his base feel better about an absolutely humiliating pullback.

Let's start with the obvious.

The NATO chief can't negotiate sovereignty for Greenland or Denmark, much less the entire Arctic region.

That's simply not a thing.

When Trump was asked about whether Greenland would be part of the U.S., he said, quote, It is the ultimate long-term deal.

It's an infinite deal.

It is a deal forever.

So the answer is no.

Greenland didn't become part of the U.S.

one way or another.

To the contrary, NATO Secretary General said the question of who would control Greenland, quote, did not come up.

In fact, the word is the whole framework of a future deal thing centers on updating the 1951 Greenland Defense Agreement.

In other words, there's no change to the sovereignty of Greenland.

That defense agreement is what governs U.S.

bases on Greenland, and it grants us a frankly ridiculous amount of leeway when it comes to U.S.

military activity.

Already.

Changes to that will most likely just be updates to allow more bases and probably some special Trumpian language about his Golden Dome project.