A ‘mysterious American’ tried to pay citizens US$200,000 each to sign a petition calling for Greenland to join the US, local media reported
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 1:57am, 8 May 2026Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Thursday slammed as “indecent” reported attempts by an American to pay locals US$200,000 each to sign a petition calling for Greenland to join the United States.
Greenlandic broadcaster KNR on Thursday reported that a “mysterious American” calling himself “Cliff” had offered a taxi driver in Greenland’s capital Nuuk US$200,000 to sign the petition.
The taxi driver, Danny Brandt, told KNR 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.
