NUUK, Greenland ¨C Last December, Per Berthelsen celebrated a stressful year¡¯s end by taking his wife to a restaurant in Nuuk, Greenland¡¯s capital. The 76-year-old parliamentarian and founder of the island¡¯s governing party is one of Greenland¡¯s most vocal opponents of Donald Trump, and had spent months campaigning against threats by the U.S. president to seize his homeland.
After dinner, as the couple stepped outside for a taxi, a man appeared. It was J?rgen Boassen, the most ?prominent local face of the MAGA movement, sometimes referred to as Trump¡¯s ¡°Greenlandic Son.¡± Boassen drew close and shouted that the two men could now fight, Berthelsen recalled in an interview. Just then, the taxi arrived and the Berthelsens left.
Boassen¡¯s behavior sparked fury in Greenland¡¯s governing coalition after Berthelsen mentioned the confrontation on social media. His aggressive behavior, along with tactics adopted by a group of Americans ¡ª some associated with Boassen and all with ties to the White House ¡ª reveal how efforts to promote Trump¡¯s idea of taking over Greenland appear to be backfiring.
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