Its indecent: An American offers 200,000 dollars to signatories of a petition on the attachment of…

The Greenlandic Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, announced on Thursday, May 7 the actions of an American who is offering a large sum of money in exchange for signing a petition regarding the attachment of the island to the United States. The police have confirmed receiving reports on the matter.

He reportedly offered $200,000 to the signatories. The Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen criticized on Thursday, May 7 the actions of an unidentified American who allegedly offered a large sum of money to Greenlanders to sign a petition advocating for the attachment of this autonomous Danish territory to the United States.

“An outsider is offering money for a signature to annex Greenland to another country. This is not only deeply worrying. It is indecent,” Jens-Frederik Nielsen expressed his outrage on Facebook.

The Greenlandic television channel KNR reported on the same day that a “mysterious American,” who identified himself as “Cliff,” had offered $200,000 to a taxi driver in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, to sign the petition. The taxi driver, Danny Brandt, stated to the channel that he had declined the offer.

Danny Brandt shared this incident on social media, and in the comments, a user claimed to have also been offered money to sign the petition. The taxi driver reported the incident to the police.

The Greenlandic police stated to AFP that they have “received reports that may be related to the current political situation.” They did not specify the number or content of the received information.

“We are a democratic society. Our future is not negotiated in a taxi. And it is not bought with money,” emphasized the Prime Minister.

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that the United States should annex the Danish autonomous territory for their national security. In January, he backtracked after weeks of aggressive rhetoric, and announced that he had reached a framework agreement, the details of which remain vague, on Greenland with the NATO Secretary General. Denmark and Greenland are in talks with Washington about the future of the Arctic island.