https://digivn.dw.com/view/250908-01-0073

((SUGGESTED LEAD: The politics of Greenland has been completely dominated by a reported takeover by the US for many months now. Recent allegations that three private US citizens have been 'infiltrating' the society have only increased tensions with Denmark - Greenland's former colonial ruler of which the country remains an autonomous territory. DW correspondent Jack Parrock is in Nuuk – and he says people are growing weary.))

Lower thirds:

0:03  Report by / Jack Parrock
0:25  Hastrine Holm / Nuuk Resident 
1:31  Pele Broberg / Naleraq Party Leader 
2:04  Pele Broberg / Naleraq Party Leader
2.30  Jack Parrock / DW Correspondent, Nuuk 

SCRIPT: 

Hastrine Holm and her sister Helene are clearing their garden before the snow comes back to Greenland. 

They say they've been reading the recent media reports about what the Danish press called 'US infiltration' in Greenlandic society, with concern. 

00:18
REPORTER QUESTION: 
"If Donald Trump came here to your house, what would you say to him?" 

00:24
SOT: Hastrine Holm – Nuuk Resident  
"I want to give him coffee and give him [a] slap on [the] face {waves hand like she's slapping him}...and let him go...tell him go home." {Two women belly-laugh} 
00:34

00:38
Their humor is balanced out by the very real overtures US President Trump is making – repeatedly saying he wants to buy Greenland. 

He says it's crucial for US national security due to its access to the arctic – strategically important also for China and Russia. Greenland also has huge amounts of untapped mineral wealth. 

Pele Broberg is the leader of the pro-independence, pro-America opposition Naleraq party in the Greenlandic parliament, and he's met - on at least three occasions - one of the three American citizens - recently accused by the Danish press of nefarious activity.  

He says the man he met was clear about his intentions – business. 

But doesn't want to make judgements about that man's character. 

01:30
SOT: Pele Broberg - Naleraq Party Leader 
"You cannot do covert infiltration in Greenland – everybody knows everybody. The people they're talking about, they gave interviews here on national television about why they're here, for instance." 

01:41
Around two thirds of Greenlanders want to become entirely independent from Denmark – it's currently an autonomous territory of its former colonial ruler. 
Pele, like many other people we've spoken to here, believes Denmark is trying to create fear in Greenland to hinder their progress towards independence. 

02.03
SOT: Pele Broberg - Naleraq Party Leader 
"To make the comparison that all of a sudden, the three Americans infiltrating Greenland versus the 4000 Danes that are living in Greenland that can vote for a parliament that always vote for non-independence parties." 

02:18
The Greenlandic government was to join a Danish government statement in calling the allegations of US infiltration, 'unacceptable'. 

02:29
REPORTER ON SCREEN: Jack Parrock – DW Correspondent, Nuuk 
Whether private US private citizens are trying to stir things up here or not, the American interest has changed things. Greenlandic public life remains dominated by discussions on their future – but the international powerplays are making that future ever more unclear. 
02:50
 
02:51
VOX: Iza 
"In the beginning we were joking a lot about 'oh yeah, let's join America', but then when things started becoming more serious, young people especially have really been out here saying 'no, we don't want to be owned by USA, we can't get bought'." 

03:09
VOX: Mikael 
"Greenland people are so neutral, so quiet - they don't shout. There's a lot of things we should be shouting about, but we are so neutral that we don't explode." 

03:26
Whatever the Greenlandic people might be feeling, European politicians are clearly starting to become more concerned about the intentions of the US and are making frequent visits here. 
With the dark, extremely cold winters on the way, Hestrina says their priority is to remain focused on their lives here on the land, not distracted by the turbulence of the global interest in their country.