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In the eyes of many of his fellow human beings, Jorgen Boassen is a traitor.
A few weeks ago in a dip in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, someone hit him in the face and sent him to the hospital. But whatever the consequences of his beliefs may be, he insists that he is not afraid.
“The United States have my back,” he said.
Mr. Boassen, 51, a former bricklayer, is a passionate supporter of President Trump. He campaigned for him in the United States and helped coordinating Donald Trump Jr.’s visit to Greenland this year. On his coffee table at home, three flawless Maga hats take a place of honor.
While his advocate of the American President, who vowed to adopt Greenland “in one way or another”, at home to an unlikely political player in the Arctic, a region of growing importance in a warming world that is enthusiastic about her undeveloped resources.
When he was on a couch in his apartment on the edge of Nuuk and wore a pink t-shirt with Mr. Trump’s face, his phone buzzed with a stream of texts by journalists and filmmakers who wanted to speak, and in investors who hoped that he was her ticket for wealth in Greenland.
In the debate about the future of the world’s largest island, a semi -autonomous territory of Denmark in overseas, Mr. Boassen has set itself the task of bringing Greenland and the United States together.
Nevertheless, Mr. Boassen found that he “does not always agree” to the American president.
While Mr. Trump wants to claim the island for the United States, Mr. Boassen instead urges a strict security alliance between an independent Greenland and Washington. This made him one of the most visible Greenlanders who upset the break with Denmark.
“Denmark has always failed,” he said. “You are not the challenge of defending Greenland.”
He has maintained high -ranking contacts in the Greenland government and has worked for organization in full -time in recent months to promote closer ties from the United States.
“Greenland’s future looks best with America,” said Boassen.
His transformation from the bricklayer to the political player began with the fact that Mr. Trump was published on social media on social media: to share memes, to defend him in comment threads and to explain his policy to a Greenland audience. Last year, these posts attracted Tom Dans, a former Trump consultant for Arctic matters, that attracted attention.
“I became curious,” said Mr. Dans in an interview. “There are not many people in this part of the world who are committed to Trump.”
Mr. Dans, who used to work at the Conservative Heritage Foundation, sponsored Mr. Boassen for a Trump campaign event in Pittsburgh last autumn. During the last route, Mr. Boassen went from door to door from Mr. Trump in Pennsylvania.
The Grönlander says he loves Mr. Trump’s direct communication style and that “he is a good person when you study him”.
Mr. Boassen was born in Qaqortoq, a small coastal city in southern Greenland, and was brought up with little heat by a single mother and grandmother’s maternal side with little money in a modest home – a significantly different upbringing from his political idol.
As a calm child, he was fascinated by politics by VHS bands, books and television – “the only way to see the outside world,” he said.
After driving a number of jobs, he chose masons and built houses in Denmark.
After he was discovered on social media, he now acts as director of Greenland for American Daybreak, a non-profit organization founded by Mr. Dans and promotes the closer US Greenland bonds.
He and Mr. Dans say that he met Mr. Trump Jr. At the election party of the campaign, where he proposed a future visit to Greenland.
Although Mr. Boassen said he had no direct access to Mr. Trump Jr., he said, he communicated with the Trump team about Mr. Dans.
In March, the American dawn helped to promote Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vances, with Greenland’s National Dog Sled Race. According to reports on planned protests by Greenland activists, a visit to a short stopover on the island was changed to a short stop over a remote US military outer item.
Despite its ambitions, the American Daybreak website is still: “Coming shortly”, and his social media presence is limited to photographs by Mr. Dans in Greenland and Mr. Boassen posed with numbers such as Nigel Farage, Conor McGregor and Senator Ted Cruz.
Although many of the 56,000 people want to independence from Greenland, a recently carried out opinion survey showed that 85 percent did not want to become part of the United States.
And some reject the efforts of Mr. Boassen. “He is currently driving with the populist wave,” said Frederik Kreutzmann, social worker in Sisimiut, the second largest city in Greenland. “I don’t think much of him.”
While Mr. Boassen knows that some think that he is being used, he believes that he is part of something bigger – and wants Greenland to grasp the moment while it still has Mr. Trump’s attention.
“I’m now part of world history,” said Mr. Boassen. “Maybe I’m just a farmer in a bigger game,” he added. “Politics is dirty, but if we don’t move quickly, we will miss our chance.”