Greenland Signs Lucrative Minerals Deal with Europe in Blow to Trump

[bronxiteforever]

Newsweek
Published May 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM EDT
By Brendan Cole

Greenland has allowed a Danish-French consortium to mine a rock which is key to the production of aluminum. The permit granted to Greenland Anorthosite Mining (GAM) to extract anorthosite follows interest in the Arctic territory from U.S. President Donald Trump in acquiring the autonomous island which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

GAM, which is backed by French company Jean Boulle Group and real estate investment firms bodies from Denmark and Greenland, was granted a 30-year permit, Reuters reported.

Jesper Willaing Zeuthen, associate professor at Aalborg University in Denmark, told Newsweek on Thursday that Trump's interest in resources from Greenland is likely to focus more on long-term investment objects, and securing the minerals in the future but not the immediate development of mines. Zeuthen said that Greenlandic legislation makes this approach hard, since mining licenses are temporary and require costly activities on the sites to uphold them.

Had Greenlandic territory been governed according to U.S. legislation, investors could simply buy the land including sub-territory rights and wait for the ice to melt, Zeuthen said, "but since land in Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic state, Greenland is far from this situation."

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https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-trump-permit-extraction-2075673

[tanyev]

1. Dang, threats, insults and bullying didn't work?

[Raven]

13. Exactly!

[Evolve Dammit]

33. and free fast food and coke?

[pazzyanne]

41. I have a big smile on my face over this!

[Johonny]

2. I bet Trump gets all their raw Earth, though

[Pinback]

4. Raw earth without the elements

[orangecrush]

3. The chessboard is being set

And Trump is playing with half his pieces mussing.

[Dave Bowman]

8. In this chess game Dump is playing checkers.

[MiHale]

20. He's playing Cats Cradle with no string on his fingers...

[Arazi]

10. A global realignment is occurring and Traitor has decided to remove the US

From the playing board altogether

[ms liberty]

14. This right here.

[orangecrush]

21. Exactly

[Wounded Bear]

22. Sad to agree, but you're right...nt

[Gordcanuck]

39. He's only an annoying actor in

the U.S. debt spiral events now playing out. It’s going to be a rough ride both to watch, and for many, to experience.

[wolfie001]

5. That appears to be another in a string of tRUMP defeats

Very satisfying.

[travelingthrulife]

6. Excellent! Good move, Greenland.

[Aristus]

7. Way to GO, "Master Negotiator!"

[Layzeebeaver]

25. More like "The Master Cylinder"

[Dave Bowman]

9. Lol, poor little Dump must be pissed. Sad.

[mcar]

11. Good for them!

[karin_sj]

12. Very smart move

After all the threats to take their country (by force if necessary), this is a good move to keep spies, more military, and other troublemakers out of their country. Never thought I'd be talking about my country that way.

[NJCher]

15. There are no words

But there is this: hahahahahahahhahah!

[zorbasd]

18. You can count on it, the fascist, Agent Krasnov,

will move by force, or just take it at his whim.

[NJCher]

24. No, I don't think so

I have prognosticator experience, and you don’t.

I’m sticking with my own opinion, feeling, and assessment.

[Blue Full Moon]

16. Now I have to wonder about the Danish man being kidnapped by ICE

[Arazi]

27. He legit failed to fill out the proper forms

Not kidnapped at all. He seriously fucked up and failed to submit a crucial application document.

[Progressive dog]

17. Trump is making America hated

and that is far from great.

[Paladin]

19. Smooth move, Greenland!

Looking forward to the usual drooling response from trump...

[twodogsbarking]

23. Gee

[Intractable]

26. It's so weird for me to be rooting against my own country.

I feel divided inside. Not whole.

[Tickle]

44. I get your feelings

Feels weird reading how excited everyone is that we were left out and lost.

[JustAnotherGen]

28. n/s

[Grins]

29. Lemmee edit that lede...

From: "Greenland Signs Lucrative Minerals Deal with Europe in Blow to Trump,"
to:
"Greenland Signs Lucrative Minerals Deal with Europe in a Major "Fuck you!" to Trump."

[ananda]

30. Has anyone else noticed that Trump is no longer...

talking about annexing Canada and Greenland?

Heh heh

[Dave Bowman]

32. He has a big mouth and no spine. And no brain either.

What a nasty waste of space.

[UTUSN]

31. K&R

[Evolve Dammit]

34. Europe will do a more responsible job environmentally as well. n/t

[Figarosmom]

35. Good

[Emile]

36. Someone forgot to tell Greenland, Trump is a master

business negotiator.

LOL 😆

[Martin68]

37. Ha! Good for Greenland.

[Cha]

38. This is Grand! TY so much for

the Excellent News!

[soldierant]

40. I was looking through some old memes and cartoons this week,

searching for a particular one (which I didn't find), but I did learn - which I had forgotten - that the Apricot Antichrist was interested in Greenland and talking about buying it as long ago as 2019.

[Karasu]

42. With any luck, this will end one of the stupidest episodes of foreign policy in recent memory.

But in all likelihood, we'll be getting some whiny-ass 4th-grade level rant about how badly we "need Greenland" by the end of the week.

Maybe it'll give him an aneurysm.

[cstanleytech]

43. Well, I guess this means Trump's going to be the Host and first contestant for a new The Biggest Loser.

[struggle4progress]

45. rump changes national anthem to "love me! I'm an asshole!"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

46. Trump got pissed that Greenland signed a lucrative mineral deal with Greenland

Trump got pissed that Greenland signed a lucrative mineral deal with the European Union, so now he’s proposing a 50% tariff on all imports from the EU. 😡

— AnnieForTruth (@anniefortruth1.bsky.social) 2025-05-23T16:29:10.232Z