Greenland’s Parliament banned foreign and anonymous political funding on Tuesday, in the semiautonomous island’s latest reaction to President Trump’s stated intentions to acquire it. Greenland’s lawmakers fast-tracked the law — an effort to protect against outside interference — before upcoming parliamentary elections.
The law is Greenland’s most aggressive effort yet to push back against Mr. Trump, who refused last month to rule out using military force to take the island. The law does not directly name him as a potential campaign contributor, but a proposal that laid out the law and its rationale made clear that his insistence inspired its authors.
“Given the geopolitical interest in Greenland and the current situation — where representatives of an allied great power have expressed interest in acquiring and controlling Greenland — the country is particularly vulnerable to attempts to influence its elections and political decision-making processes,” the proposal read.
The law was billed as an effort “to safeguard Greenland’s political integrity” in the proposal. Mute B. Egede, Greenland’s premier, proposed holding parliamentary elections on March 11.
Greenlanders were initially shocked and confused by Mr. Trump’s repeated desire that the United States take control of the territory. Donald Trump Jr., Mr. Trump’s son, briefly visited the island last month, which added to the speculation.
For the United States, Greenland sits in a strategic location: The island is home to an American military base and, as climate change melts the Arctic ice, commercial and naval competition is growing in the far north. Greenland also has enormous reserves of rare elements and other minerals used to make advanced technology.