Grant Newsham

“This is a big deal. This is right up there with Secretary of State Seward getting Alaska,”

Grant Newsham · said 2026-09-19 · reported 2026-09-19

Newsham compared Trump's security pact with Denmark and Greenland to the U.S. acquisition of Alaska in 1867.

“They'll probably step up their activities in the territories they have up there. But nonetheless, this is a huge advance for the United States and our position.”

Grant Newsham · said 2026-09-19 · reported 2026-09-19

Newsham said adversaries may step up activities in their own Arctic territories but called the agreement a huge advance for the U.S.

“Look at how the Chinese have been rolled back in Panama. And look what President Trump has done with Venezuela. You can see that there's a plan here for defending our homeland. And this really is a big deal, to put it in simple terms,”

Grant Newsham · said 2026-09-19 · reported 2026-09-19

Newsham compared the Greenland agreement to Trump's actions in Panama and Venezuela as part of a homeland defense strategy.

“Russia and the Chinese, in particular, they can't get in there militarily, and they cannot get in economically.”

Grant Newsham · said 2026-09-19 · reported 2026-09-19

Newsham argued the agreement blocks Russia and China from Greenland militarily and economically.

“They'll complain. They won't like it, but there's not much they can do about it,”

Grant Newsham · said 2026-09-19 · reported 2026-09-19

Newsham predicted China and Russia would complain but could do little about the agreement.

“It's a little different, because we haven't bought the place, but it locks up or brings into the fold, really, key terrain, key geography, up on our northeast,”

Grant Newsham · said 2026-09-19 · reported 2026-09-19

Newsham explained that the agreement secures key defense geography in the northeast.