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 persistent 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.
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