Trump's No. 1 fan in Greenland: A bricklayer became a political player

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.