Trump’s man in Greenland

In January, Greenlandic bricklayer Jorgen Boassen (61) received a text message from an American number. “This is Charlie Kirk. Can we talk?” Kirk is a right-wing provocateur and Trump ally, known for internet videos in which he debates left-wing activists. On the phone, Kirk said that Don Jr., the son of the U.S. president, was interested in visiting Nuuk, Greenland’s capital. “He asked if I would organize it. I said yes immediately. I’m the biggest Trump fan on this island.”

Boassen tells the story in a coffee bar in the heart of Nuuk. He is wearing plastic orange sunglasses, a MAGA cap, and a T-shirt reading “American Badass” above a photo of Trump. “Three days after the call, Trump Force One landed in Nuuk. I got goosebumps. When Don Jr. walked into the arrivals hall, he hugged me. He recognized me and seemed completely at ease.”

READ ON (Dutch, paywall): https://www.standaard.be/buitenland/jorgen-boassen-de-man-van-trump-op-groenland-amerika-zal-ons-beschermen/65091012.html