DOMINANT ANGLE
Budapest is first focusing on the end of an unprecedented crisis between NATO allies: the Hungarian press details how the agreement closes, without any transfer of territory, the diplomatic conflict opened by Trump's threats to take Greenland by force.
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
KEY POINTS
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Donald Trump claims on Truth Social that the agreement gives Washington permanent control of Greenland's security, "at no cost" and with no expiration date.
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According to a State Department official cited by Telex, the text prohibits any military base from non-NATO countries and reserves sensitive investments for the United States and its allies.
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The signing is scheduled for next week in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, subject to approval by the Danish and Greenlandic parliaments.
ANALYSIS
Budapest, September 19, 2026. The Hungarian press first notes the closure of an unprecedented crisis between NATO allies: according to Telex, the agreement concluded on Friday, September 18, between the United States, Denmark, and Greenland settles "the diplomatic conflict of several months" triggered by Donald Trump's comments on a possible annexation, including by force, of the island. On Truth Social, the American president announced that the text gives Washington "permanent control" of Greenland's security, "at no cost", and that it has "no expiration date". According to an anonymous State Department official cited by Telex, the agreement grants the United States permanent rights of access, stationing, and overflight, the possibility of building new military facilities without separate Danish or Greenlandic approval, prohibits any non-NATO country from establishing a base, and reserves sensitive investments for the United States and its allies — explicitly excluding Russia and China.
444.hu recalls that Washington already had, since a 1951 treaty, almost complete rights over Greenland's airspace and military bases — insufficient in Trump's eyes, who had, at the beginning of the year, provoked strong transatlantic tension by demanding the island "at all costs", even going so far as to mention the use of the army and staging himself planting the American flag on maps presenting the territory as part of the United States.
The office of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen assures, according to HVG, that the text "recognizes Denmark's independence and territorial integrity" as well as the right to self-determination of the Greenlanders, and that it strengthens the security of the North Atlantic and the Arctic. The head of the autonomous Greenlandic government, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has, for his part, welcomed a text that "recognizes Greenland's own interests" and consolidates its place in international cooperation. The signature, still subject to the approval of the Danish and Greenlandic parliaments, is scheduled for next week in New York, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also commented on the agreement, without the details of his remarks being fully reported by the Hungarian press.
