The Greenland Parliament approved a trilateral agreement with the United States by a vote of 16 to 0, allowing the U.S. military to expand its base and deploy missile defense system facilities.
US President Trump announced on the evening of October 14 Beijing time that preparations were under way for a "large-scale exploration" of Greenland's oil, natural gas and mineral resources. Three weeks earlier, the United States and Denmark's Greenland had signed a security agreement bringing the autonomous territory into the US sphere of influence.
Trump officially signed a milestone security agreement on Greenland with the Prime Minister of Denmark and the Prime Minister of Greenland, expanding the permanent U.S. military presence in the Arctic and excluding non-NATO countries from establishing bases.