Greenland PM Hits Out at Reported Bid to Buy Signatures for Pro-US Petition
Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Greenland’s future was not for sale after reports that an American offered $200,000 for signatures.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen slammed as "indecent" reported attempts by an American to pay locals $200,000 each to sign a petition calling for Greenland to join the United States.
- Greenlandic broadcaster KNR reported that a "mysterious American" calling himself "Cliff" offered a taxi driver in Nuuk $200,000 to sign the petition; the driver, Danny Brandt, declined the offer.
- Greenland police told AFP they "received reports that cannot be ruled out as being connected to the current political situation," while another user commented on Brandt's post claiming they were also approached.
- Nielsen wrote on Facebook that "our future is not negotiated in a taxi" and "not bought with money," emphasizing that decisions about Greenland are made by Greenlanders, not foreign actors.
- President Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to annex the territory for national security, though Copenhagen rejects selling the land; Denmark and Greenland currently discuss the island's future with Washington amid these reported cash offers.
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24heures.caAn unidentified American reportedly offered $200,000 to Greenlanders to sign a petition for the country's annexation to the United States.
Greenland Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen on Thursday condemned as inappropriate reported attempts by an American to pay locals $200,000 to sign a petition calling for Greenland to join the United States.
The Prime Minister of the Danish Autonomous Territory Jens-Frederik Nielsen won over social networks and found this initiative, reported by two Greenland citizens, "indecent" and "deeply disturbing".
On Thursday, the Prime Minister of Greenland denounced alleged attempts to purchase signatures in favour of a territorial attachment to the United States. ...
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