US President Donald Trump posted private messages from French President Emmanuel Macron, and Mark Rutte, secretary general of NATO, the military alliance that has the United States and a host of European nations as members.
“I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland,”
Macron told Trump in the text shared Wednesday.
The French president offered to host a G7 summit and invite
countries, including Russia and Denmark on the sidelines, to discuss
European-US disagreements over Greenland.
Trump has said the world would not be secure until the US
controls Greenland, an autonomous territory under Denmark.
Denmark and Greenland have opposed the move.
The NATO secretary-general took a more fawning approach in
his text.
“I am committed to finding a way forward on Greenland. Can’t
wait to see you,” Rutte said.
Trump’s reply, if any, was not part of the screenshots
shared.
The US president shared the texts just a day after his
leaked correspondence with the Norwegian prime minister on Greenland caused a
major diplomatic stir in Europe.
In the letter, Trump told Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
that he blamed Norway for not handing him last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, citing
the snub for his insistence on annexing 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,” Trump said.
He also added that he had “done more for NATO than any other
person since its founding”, demanding that NATO should now do something for the
United States.
European leaders are scheduled to meet Thursday as the
continent weighs its response to Trump’s tariff threat.
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