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BumRushDaShow

(166,447 posts) Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:20 PM Yesterday

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

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.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/politics/future-deal-framework-greenland

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No written document memorializes the future deal framework for Greenland, sources say (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

I'm sure we'll see it pfitz59 Yesterday #1

There is no deal.............. Lovie777 Yesterday #2

And there is no deal without Congress C_U_L8R Yesterday #4

There is no deal without Greenland and Denmark and they have no idea what this deal is Bev54 Yesterday #8

Of course there is a deal Boo1 20 hrs ago #14

True! Bev54 20 hrs ago #15

Yeah, but I bet peaceofshit wants his effin name on it... Justice matters. 15 hrs ago #19

Rutte said "Do what you gotta do, and so will we" Prairie Gates Yesterday #3

It is the New Europe Art of the No Deal delisen Yesterday #5

so they have a concept of a framework for a deal Eugene Yesterday #6

There is no deal. Ray Bruns 23 hrs ago #12

"No written document memorializes the future deal..." kbowman Yesterday #7

Trump doesn't hold the cards. The EU holds US Treasuries. thought crime Yesterday #9

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

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

You know that. I know that. But... Shipwack 20 hrs ago #13

Yes, there is a document AverageOldGuy 19 hrs ago #16

Yes, but uglysmelly peaceofshit wants to OWN it, so... Justice matters. 15 hrs ago #20

Everything with Julius Seizure is a "verbal agreement." Hassler 17 hrs ago #17

As I said in an earlier post Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 16 hrs ago #18

A verbal deal ain't worth BidenRocks 15 hrs ago #21

pfitz59

(12,410 posts)

1. I'm sure we'll see it

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:22 PM

Yesterday

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

Lovie777

(22,027 posts)

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:23 PM

Yesterday

C_U_L8R

(49,025 posts)

4. And there is no deal without Congress

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:26 PM

Yesterday

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

Bev54

(13,268 posts)

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

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:03 PM

Yesterday

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.

Boo1

(183 posts)

14. Of course there is a deal

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 10:32 PM

20 hrs ago

They signed it in 1951. Everything that he's talking about getting was agreed to 75 years ago.

Bev54

(13,268 posts)

15. True!

Reply to Boo1 (Reply #14)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 10:36 PM

20 hrs ago

Justice matters.

(9,497 posts)

19. Yeah, but I bet peaceofshit wants his effin name on it...

Reply to Boo1 (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 03:03 AM

15 hrs ago

Like on everything else. Uglysmelly peaceofshit wants to rename the Earth drumf...

Prairie Gates

(7,347 posts)

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:25 PM

Yesterday

That's it.

delisen

(7,257 posts)

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:35 PM

Yesterday

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

(66,869 posts)

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:38 PM

Yesterday

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.

Ray Bruns

(6,039 posts)

12. There is no deal.

Reply to Eugene (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:53 PM

23 hrs ago

There is no deal. There is no framework of a deal. There is no concept of a framework of a deal. There is no idea of a concept of a a framework of a deal. There is no notion of an idea of a concept of a framework of a deal.

All he did was agree to what was already in the treaty we signed with Denmark in 1951. You’ve been conned again.

kbowman

(18 posts)

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:44 PM

Yesterday

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

(1,311 posts)

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:07 PM

Yesterday

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

(65,249 posts)

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:51 PM

Yesterday

as usually, nothing but bullshit and bluster.

maxsolomon

(38,317 posts)

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:07 PM

Yesterday

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

Shipwack

(3,017 posts)

13. You know that. I know that. But...

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 09:52 PM

20 hrs ago

Trump doesn’t know that. He’s dazzled by the title and prestige of the head of NATO.

There probably is an agreement among the concerned parties to let the Secretary General talk to Donny. He probably offered the exact same agreement that was already in place. Donny jumped for the exit ramp.

One of the reasons for their being no written agreement is to keep his advisors (among others) from reading it and pointing this out to him.

AverageOldGuy

(3,429 posts)

16. Yes, there is a document

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 11:12 PM

19 hrs ago

1950, signed by Harry Truman, guarantees the US can establish bases on Greenland pretty much as we please.

Justice matters.

(9,497 posts)

20. Yes, but uglysmelly peaceofshit wants to OWN it, so...

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Reply #16)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 03:14 AM

15 hrs ago

he can SELL its resources and POCKET the money (in deposits in Qatar) and he counts on his Guardians Of Pedophiles in Congress to still do nothing to stop him.