{"id":15055,"date":"2025-02-03T15:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=15055"},"modified":"2025-02-03T15:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:23:45","slug":"greenland-plans-to-ban-foreign-political-donations-after-donald-trumps-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=15055","title":{"rendered":"Greenland plans to ban foreign political donations after Donald Trump\u2019s threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\">Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=1e872f5c-7502-4638-b41a-d177987a18c8&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Greenland plans to ban foreign and anonymous donations to its political parties after the Trump administration has said the US president is serious about taking take control of the vast Arctic island.<\/p>\n<p>The government of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/stream\/d9a7250f-cf17-3081-abca-3ab028f68042\" data-trackable=\"link\">Greenland<\/a> on Monday put forward an emergency parliamentary proposal to safeguard the country\u2019s \u201cpolitical integrity\u201d ahead of elections due by April 6. It warned against a \u201cworrying\u201d threat as modest donations elsewhere would be \u201ccolossal\u201d on the island of just 57,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign or anonymous donations \u201ccould potentially distort completely the chances of Greenlandic parties participating in an election campaign\u201d, the government said.<\/p>\n<p>It explicitly <a href=\"https:\/\/ina.gl\/media\/1mrjd0ez\/pkt165-em2024-bem-dk.pdf\" data-trackable=\"link\">cited<\/a> donations by Elon Musk, the world\u2019s richest man, in the recent US elections in favour of Donald Trump as well as Greenland\u2019s \u201cvulnerability\u201d to foreign influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current bill\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009must be seen in the light of the geopolitical interest in Greenland, and the current situation where representatives of a great allied power have expressed an interest in taking over and controlling Greenland,\u201d the proposal said.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed ban is the first concrete move by Greenland\u2019s government since it was forced into the global spotlight by Trump\u2019s renewed interest in buying it to secure the \u201cnational security\u201d of the US.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00fate Egede, Greenland\u2019s prime minister, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/fe42761e-0bc8-4166-a2dc-25faffc8ea49\" data-trackable=\"link\">consistently stated<\/a> that the island is not for sale and does not want to be American or belong to Denmark, which currently controls the autonomous territory.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have been steadily rising between the US and Denmark, traditionally two staunch Nato allies, after the Financial Times reported on a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ace02a6f-3307-43f8-aac3-16b6646b60f6\" data-trackable=\"link\"> stormy phone call<\/a> between Trump and Mette Frederiksen, Denmark\u2019s prime minister.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3Ab2504ba8-fd3e-4949-8971-a42a5c1b2d3f?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3Ab2504ba8-fd3e-4949-8971-a42a5c1b2d3f?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=2 2x\" width=\"1739\" height=\"1160\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A8dd1e158-bc8c-4278-9d8c-8ff2d5fda340?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=490&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A8dd1e158-bc8c-4278-9d8c-8ff2d5fda340?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=490&amp;dpr=2 2x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A8dd1e158-bc8c-4278-9d8c-8ff2d5fda340?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=490&amp;dpr=3 3x\" width=\"1526\" height=\"1526\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen pictured with Donald Trump in 2019<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Shealah Craighead\/Official White House Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>US vice-president JD Vance escalated matters on Sunday by claiming that Denmark was \u201cnot being a good ally\u201d and was failing to do its job in looking after security in Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>That sparked outrage in Denmark, which has contributed to many US military campaigns in recent years including losing more soldiers per capita than any other country in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Frederiksen said on Monday: \u201cWe have fought side by side for many, many decades. We are one of the US\u2019s most important and best allies \u2014 and that is why I don\u2019t want Denmark being accused of being a bad ally. We are not, we have not been, and we will not be in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"aside-label\" class=\"n-content-recommended--single-story n-content-recommended--inset\" data-component=\"recommended\">\n<p class=\"n-content-recommended__title\">Recommended<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-teaser o-teaser--article o-teaser--small o-teaser--stacked o-teaser--has-image js-teaser\" data-id=\"26b2c424-b163-447b-94a7-ffe5a21f3807\">\n<div class=\"o-teaser__image-container js-teaser-image-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/26b2c424-b163-447b-94a7-ffe5a21f3807\" data-trackable=\"image-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-teaser__image-placeholder\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2048\/1152\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"o-teaser__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2F__origami%2Fservice%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fimages%2Fraw%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%252Fproduction%252F8896bd38-22b6-4b56-8a6c-f92047971a6a.jpg%3Fsource%3Dnext-article%26fit%3Dscale-down%26quality%3Dhighest%26width%3D700%26dpr%3D1?source=next&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;dpr=2&amp;width=240\" alt=\"The Pituffik Space Base; Donald Trump and a map showing Greenland\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Last week Marco Rubio, the new US secretary of state, confirmed that Trump\u2019s interest in Greenland was \u201cnot a joke\u201d. He told SiriusXM radio: \u201cThis is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land. This is in our national interest and it needs to be solved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio added that if the US, which already has a military base on Greenland, did not take further action, China could seek to gain influence over the island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the question becomes, if the Chinese begin to threaten Greenland, do we really trust that is not a place where those deals are going to be made? Do we really trust that is not a place where they would not intervene, maybe by force?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/1e872f5c-7502-4638-b41a-d177987a18c8\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}