US President Donald Trump says he no longer feels obliged to think purely of peace after missing out on last year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
In a letter to Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Trump blamed the country for not giving him the prize, justifying it as a reason for his persisting annexation plan of Greenland.
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America,” the US president wrote.
“Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also.
“I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.”
Støre said he has “clearly explained, including to President Trump what is well known, the (Nobel Peace) prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee and not the Norwegian Government”.
Norway and Denmark, under which Greenland is an autonomous territory, are members of NATO, a defence alliance comprising a handful of European countries and the US. An alliance that works on the principle that members should defend each other in case of external attacks.
Since NATO was founded in 1949, there has never been an attack by one member against another.
Denmark has warned that US military action in Greenland would spell the end of the alliance. Other European countries have also thrown in their weight on the matter.
On Saturday, Trump threatened to impose tariffs on European allies, including the United Kingdom (UK), that have objected to his demands to purchase Greenland.
Mark Rutte, NATO secretary general, said the alliance will continue to work with Denmark and Greenland on matters relating to the security of the Arctic region.
Meanwhile, last Thursday, María Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, presented her gold medal to Trump during a meeting at the White House.
Trump accepted the prize and called it a “wonderful gesture of mutual respect”.
But the peace-brokering effort has done little to sway his mind on the possibility of starting a military operation in Greenland.
