COPENHAGEN: Green­land’s 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 the Danish autonomous territory to join the US.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the United States needs to annex Greenland to ensure national security.

“A foreign individual is offering money for a signature to incorporate Greenland into another country. That is not just deeply worrying. It is indecent,” Nielsen wrote on Facebook.

A Greenlandic broadcaster reported on Thursday that a “mysterious American” calling himself “Cliff” had offered a taxi driver in Nuuk, the capital, $200,000 to sign the petition.

The taxi driver, Danny Brandt, told the broadcas­ter he declined the offer.

Brandt wrote a social media post about his encounter and a person in the comments section said he had also been offered money to sign. Brandt said he reported the incident to police.

Published in Dawn, May 8th, 2026