Nothing to brag about/////// Trump's new deal reaffirms broad basing access already in place. To get it, he damaged trust among America's European allies and created strains in NATO. The damage couldn't have come at a worse time.Bradley Bowman and Cameron McMillan
Opinion contributors
Sept. 29, 2026, 6:06 a.m. ET
“A dream come true.”That is
how President Donald Trump described an
agreement the United States, Denmark and Greenland signed on Sept. 22. He says it will guarantee America’s “permanent control over security” of the Danish territory.In reality, the deal largely
restates defense arrangements already in place. Its modest gains could have been secured through respectful diplomacy with an ally
rather than coercion better suited to an adversary – and without damaging NATO cohesion just as
Russian aggression is intensifying.