Topline
President Donald Trump expressed his displeasure over his failure to be selected as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate last year, linking it to his threats to take control of Greenland, in a letter sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere over the weekend, according to multiple reports.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House.
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Key facts
According to both Bloomberg And ReutersIn his letter to the Norwegian leader, Trump wrote: “Since your country has decided not to award me the Nobel Peace Prize for stopping eight wars PLUS, I no longer feel the obligation to think purely about peace.”
“While it will always prevail, we can now reflect on what is good and appropriate for the United States of America,” the letter said.
The president then slammed Denmark for failing to protect Greenland from Russia or China and questioned its claim to the Arctic, saying: “There are no written records; it’s just that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but boats have also landed there.”
Trump ends the letter by saying, “The world is not safe unless we have complete and total control of Greenland.”
According to Nick Schifrin of PBS Newshour, who first reported on the issue, forwarded the letter to several European ambassadors in Washington by National Security Council staff.
Tangent
Trump and the White House have not yet publicly responded to the report, but did in a Truth Social post Sunday eveningthe president wrote: “NATO has been telling Denmark for 20 years that ‘you must remove the Russian threat from Greenland.’ Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it. Now is the time, and it will happen!!!” The message provided no additional details about what Trump plans to do.
How has the Norwegian leader responded?
In a statement shared with Bloomberg, Stoere noted that his government has no role in determining the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. “Regarding the Nobel Peace Prize, I have clearly explained to Trump several times what is common knowledge, namely that it is an independent Nobel Committee, and not the Norwegian government, that awards the prize,” he said.
What do we know about Trump’s tariffs on Greenland?
On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced he will impose a 10% tariff on eight European countries that recently deployed military personnel to Greenland, following his threat to take over the Arctic. In a post announcing the decision on Truth Social, Trump said Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland would be affected and that the levy would go into effect on February 1. The sweeping tariff covers all exports and will rise to 25% in June and remain in place until the US takes control of Greenland. Leaders from across the European Union met on Sunday and reports suggested a so-called “trade bazookaor an anti-coercion tool was discussed. This would be the most powerful retaliatory tool in the EU’s arsenal and could be used to target major US service exports, with US tech giants facing major consequences. However, the New York Times states that reported It emerged on Monday that the bloc is still pushing for negotiations rather than total retaliation in the first instance.
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