Late Tuesday afternoon, Danish time, Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen (Socialdemokratiet, S), the chair of Naalakkersuisut, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and the American president, Donald Trump, finally signed the long-awaited defense agreement at the U.N. General Assembly in New York.

For months and years, Greenland and Denmark have been battered by pressure from Donald Trump, who has long wanted American control – or outright ownership – of Greenland and who on several occasions has refused to rule out using military or economic force to achieve it.