The Danish media has accused me of being a US spy. They say I’m involved in a covert influence operation in Greenland to push the territory towards becoming part of the US. I want to be clear that I have never worked as a covert operative. Instead, my work involves getting investment for sectors like mining and infrastructure.

I am very public about my travels in Greenland and business there. I routinely appear on daytime television and bring my family on these trips. That would be a strange thing for Jason Bourne or James Bond to do. I often go for dinner with Greenlandic officials at very public restaurants, with their respective wives and children too. Despite this, I’ve been told by numerous insiders that I’m being monitored. To their credit, the Danish and Greenlandic governments have always been polite and non-invasive. I’ve never been brought in for official questioning.

I first learned about these allegations through media reports, not through any official channel. In a sense, I understand why they are being made. An American with a government background – a former Green Beret and Trump administration official, now working on resource projects in Greenland – fits neatly into a certain narrative. But my work has always been commercial and transparent.

My involvement in Greenland began as a professional assignment during the first Trump administration. I........

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