According to the managers of several Danish newspapers, the agreement is a victory for Greenlandic and Danish diplomacy.
It is solid political craftsmanship and a great victory for the Danish and Greenlandic diplomacy that characterizes the upcoming Greenland agreement.
This is how a number of leading newspapers on Saturday describe the agreement that US President Donald Trump announced late Friday evening Danish time is in place between the US, Greenland and Denmark.
One of the coming days, the parties are expected to sign the agreement, which many find difficult to see what is worth to the American president.
As the details of the agreement are still unknown, it is difficult to spot “the new”, writes Jyllands-Posten.
The newspaper characterizes the upcoming agreement as a “flea find” found in the diplomatic recycling.
– After years of high-tension drama, war of words and diplomatic behind-the-scenes efforts, the country has come up with what, according to experts, is confusingly similar to the agreement the US has had with the Commonwealth of Nations since 1951. Neither more nor less.
Wait with cheers
Politiken also describes the agreement as a gigantic victory for both Denmark and Greenland.
But there is reason to hold off on the great jubilation when one of the parties to the agreement is the American president, says the leader.
– The wording of the agreement has not been published, and with Donald Trump you must never let the champagne corks pop before the ink is dry – and even then, as you know, a lot can happen – but everything indicates that the crisis has moved on this time, writes the media.
Will Trump act impulsively?
There is also skepticism at Kristeligt Dagblad, which writes that it looks like Greenland and Denmark can now find peace.
But it is wise to take reservations about how Trump is going to interpret the text of the agreement, and in view of what is going to happen now, it says.
The media emphasize that the agreement could mean a tailwind for the president in the run-up to the upcoming US mid-term elections.
– But for everyone else, the sticking point is whether the president can suppress his impulsive nature in the coming days and not suddenly demand changes to the agreement or claim that it contains something it does not, writes the newspaper.
Kristeligt Dagblad also mentions that the whole case around Greenland reflects how the world gradually knows Donald Trump.
He manages to make a big “hustle” for not much.
