The American Clifford Stanley is in Nuuk to collect signatures and investigate support for the US taking over Greenland.
The American's actions have attracted a lot of attention in recent days.
He says in an interview with Sermitsiaq that he himself believes that he is there to help people.
- I am trying to give the Greenlandic people an opportunity. It is up to the people themselves. It is not my choice. It is their choice, says 86-year-old Clifford Stanley to Sermitsiaq.
According to Clifford's proposal, each person in Greenland should have 200,000 dollars, which cannot be touched by any authorities. The money should come from the USA, he says himself.
Some are interested - others threaten
He explains that he will create a database with the results of his study and provide the information to authorities in both Greenland and the United States, as well as the police and universities and the Greenlandic people.
According to Clifford Stanley, he has met two to three people in Greenland who have been interested in his project, but several have also scolded him, and he has felt threatened.
Clifford Stanley refers to previous studies in which an overwhelming majority of the population of Greenland has said no to becoming part of the United States:
- I would like to change it to 85 percent saying okay to it, he says.
Regarding the large sum of money for each person in Greenland, Clifford Stanley says that he does not have the money himself, but that it must come from the United States, and he sees himself as a sales broker who, if he gets the consent of enough Greenlanders and the American government, can try to get a deal done.
Stanley: I am not indecent
Stanley believes that President Donald Trump can ask rich allied countries in the Middle East to make money available to complete a possible deal.
On Thursday, Chairman of the Greenlandic Government, Jens-Frederik Nielsen (D) came out with a sharp criticism of Clifford Stanley's behavior in Nuuk, where several citizens had been given the impression that if they signed his paper and voted yes to Greenland becoming part of the United States, they would receive 200,000 dollars at the beginning of the new year.
Jens-Frederik Nielsen calls Clifford Stanley's behavior indecent, among other things. He denies this:
- I'm not like that, the American says firmly.
