Lettera ministeriale contraffatta progettata per dividere la Danimarca e gli Stati Uniti svolgono il ruolo principale in un falso attacco di notizie

[https://www.newsweek.com/russia-us-greenland-annex-invasion-letter-cotton-2013864](https://www.newsweek.com/russia-us-greenland-annex-invasion-letter-cotton-2013864)

“[Danish intelligence accused Russia of forging a letter](https://politiken.dk/internationalt/art7487699/Forfalsket-ministerbrev-designet-til-at-splitte-Danmark-og-USA-spiller-hovedrollen-i-et-fake-news-angreb) from Greenland’s foreign minister to Cotton in October 2019, during President-elect [Donald Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/donald-trump)’s first term in office.

The letter purportedly sent by Greenland’s foreign minister to Cotton asked the senator for money to fund a referendum on Greenland’s independence from Denmark.

The Danish Security and Intelligence Service ultimately concluded in 2022 that the 2019 letter was forged, with Russia the likely culprit. An intelligence report from Denmark assessed that Moscow wanted to sow discord between Denmark, the U.S. and Greenland. Moscow refuted the allegations in an email to Reuters.

Cotton himself in August 2019 said he raised the idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland with Trump.

On January 7, Trump said at a [press conference](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-greenland-panama-military-economic-action-2011183) that the U.S. needed Greenland for “national security purposes.” The island, which has a population of about 56,000, is strategically located in the Arctic Circle and is rich in natural resources.”

Det her var i 2019.