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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-02T03:18:30.000Z",
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    "continued to pressure Denmark for control of Greenland",
    "the deal's reported draft earlier this year",
    "WATCH: Steven Edginton lays bare liberal hypocrisy over Greenland in chilling migration warning",
    "'Keir Starmer will fall!' Donald Trump’s Greenland victory is the 'end of days' for Labour as expert predicts June collapse",
    "Nigel Farage clashes with US Speaker over Greenland as he warns of ‘biggest fracture since Suez’",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThe US has pushed its claim to Greenland further in secretive talks for a deal with Denmark, according to reports.\n\nWashington has asked for access to three existing bases in the territory - including two abandoned former US military bases - in order to set up an airfield and ports.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA 1951 pact known as the Greenland Defense Agreement allows the US to maintain its military presence on the island.\n\nPituffik Space Base is the only US base currently on the island, but the treaty allows Washington to construct more.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nThe Pituffik base serves an early warning and missile defence system, and also provides space surveillance.\n\nAnd though Donald Trump has continued to pressure Denmark for control of Greenland, it is understood that ceding the island over to the US would be a \"red line\" in talks.\n\nThis red line has also resulted in Chagos-style sovereign bases being ruled out - a key feature of the deal's reported draft earlier this year.\n\nGeneral Gregory Guillot, the head of US Northern Command, told the Senate he wants broader access to bring special forces troops and Navy assets to Greenland permanently.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOne White House official, meanwhile, told the Mail the US was \"very optimistic that we're on a good trajectory\".\n\nThey added: \"What we have now is access to a particular air base in the northern part of Greenland which gives us some of the fighter and tanker capability and a lot of space capability.\n\n\"But we don't have a permanent presence for [special operations forces] and then we don't have a permanent presence for some of the maritime capabilities that I need.\"\n\nHe added that \"more ports\" and \"more airfields\" should lead to more options for the Secretary of State and President.\n\n### MORE ON GREENLAND:\n\n\n\n\n  * WATCH: Steven Edginton lays bare liberal hypocrisy over Greenland in chilling migration warning\n  * 'Keir Starmer will fall!' Donald Trump’s Greenland victory is the 'end of days' for Labour as expert predicts June collapse\n  * Nigel Farage clashes with US Speaker over Greenland as he warns of ‘biggest fracture since Suez’\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe also said a new deal would not be needed, as the current deal is described as \"very comprehensive\" and \"very favourable\" to US operations in Greenland.\n\nMr Trump has previously said it is a matter of national security for Greenland to belong under American control.\n\nHe has pointed to both Russia and China's growing presence within the Arctic as potential threats to Greenland.\n\nVice President JD Vance and his wife Usha visited the Pituffik Space Base last year.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThen earlier this year, he claimed Nato allies had given the US \"much more\" than they publicly admitted.\n\nThe US is hoping to access Narsarsuaq, a town in southern Greenland with a deepwater port.\n\nIt is also seeking access to Kangerlussuaq in the southwest, which has a large enough runway to handle America's hulking military planes.\n\nBoth bases had seen use in the Second World War, but were abandoned and returned to local authorities.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "US stakes new claim to Greenland under secretive new deal - as special forces set to be deployed in Arctic"
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