Before getting bogged down in the war in Iran, Donald Trump was eyeing Greenland.
The White House tenant had declared several times that he wanted to annex the Danish autonomous territory.
In recent days, a mysterious American citizen allegedly tried to bribe Greenlanders.
The war in Iran had made people forget Donald Trump’s threats to conquer Greenland. A few months later, a mysterious American citizen is making headlines for reportedly trying to buy residents of this island, which is still under Danish jurisdiction.
We don’t know his face, he remains discreet. Just his name: Cliff. Unidentified, he allegedly offered $200,000 (about €170,000) to Greenlanders to sign a petition in favor of attaching their Danish autonomous territory to the United States.
“A stranger offers money for a signature aiming to annex Greenland to another country. This is not only deeply worrying. It is indecent,” said Greenland’s Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, on May 7.
“It is not only deeply worrying (…) and indecent” – Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland
“It may be an operation ‘under false flag,’ to designate a secret American operation that is not one. But since Americans have experience in Greenland, it is also quite possible that it is a destabilization operation,” explains LCI’s Vincent Crouzet, a former intelligence agent and writer.
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Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that the United States should annex the Arctic island to ensure national security. In January, he backtracked after several weeks of aggressive rhetoric, announcing a framework agreement on Greenland with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. However, the details of this agreement remain unclear. Denmark and Greenland are in talks with Washington about the future of the autonomous territory.
