President Donald Trump greets Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, upon his arrival on the White Home, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Washington.
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President Trump says his controversial push for U.S. management of Greenland comes after he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize final yr, including he now not feels obliged to assume solely of peace.
In a message to Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Sunday night time, Trump criticized the European nation for not giving him the prize.
“Contemplating your Nation determined to not give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I now not really feel an obligation to assume purely of Peace, though it can at all times be predominant, however can now take into consideration what is nice and correct for america of America,” Trump mentioned within the message.
“The World just isn’t safe except we’ve got Full and Whole Management of Greenland,” Trump added. The message was reported by PBS NewsHour, and was later confirmed by Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in a assertion.
Gahr Støre mentioned he obtained the message on Sunday in response to a textual content he and Finland’s President Alexander Stubb had despatched to Trump, by which that they had conveyed opposition to Trump’s proposed tariff will increase on eight European nations over the current Greenland dispute, and pointed to the necessity to de-escalate.
“Norway’s place on Greenland is evident. Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Norway totally helps the Kingdom of Denmark on this matter,” Gahr Støre mentioned. “We additionally assist that NATO in a accountable approach is taking steps to strengthen safety and stability within the Arctic.”
Gahr Støre additionally identified that whereas President Trump claimed that Norway “determined to not give me the Nobel Peace Prize,” the federal government of Norway just isn’t answerable for the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded by a 5 member Norwegian Nobel Committee since 1901.
The Danish navy’s inspection ship HDMS Vaedderen sails off Nuuk, Greenland, on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026.
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The Peace Prize, which was final awarded to Venezuela’s opposition chief Maria Corina Machado, can be awarded for the earlier yr. Which means the latest prize was awarded for 2024, earlier than President Trump commenced his second time period of workplace. Machado gave Trump her prize final week as a symbolic thanks for his current actions in Venezuela.
The message to Gahr Støre comes as tensions rise between Europe and america over the standing of Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark that’s strategically necessary and wealthy in assets.
On Monday, the World Financial Discussion board mentioned officers from Denmark wouldn’t be attending the assembly in Davos, Switzerland, this week. “We will affirm that the Danish authorities won’t be represented in Davos this week,” a spokesperson, Alem Tedeneke, advised NPR.
On Sunday, in a collective rebuke to President Trump, the leaders of Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK issued a joint assertion condemning current U.S. tariff threats. The eight nations, that are all members of NATO, mentioned that Trump’s proposed tariffs “undermine transatlantic relations and danger a harmful downward spiral.”
On Saturday night time, President Trump had written on his Reality Social social media platform that he would impose tariffs on imports from the nations, after that they had deployed restricted navy personnel to Greenland to take part in a Danish-led Arctic train often called ‘Arctic Endurance.’
Trump mentioned America would levy a ten% tariff on items from the eight nations beginning on Feb. 1, which might rise to 25% on June 1, and stay in place “till such time as a Deal is reached for the Full and Whole buy of Greenland” by america.
The open dispute comes after weeks of more and more assertive U.S. rhetoric relating to Greenland, by which Trump has repeatedly mentioned that Greenland is strategically important to U.S. nationwide safety, citing its location and untapped mineral deposits.
In his textual content message, Trump questioned Denmark’s proper to assert Greenland. “Denmark can not shield that land from Russia or China, and why have they got a ‘proper of possession’ anyway? There are not any written paperwork, it is solely {that a} boat landed there tons of of years in the past, however we had boats touchdown there, additionally,” Trump mentioned.
Trump made related feedback final week, saying “the truth that that they had a ship land there 500 years in the past does not imply that they personal the land,” drawing mirth on social media, with comedians like Jon Stewart noting on The Every day Present “how do you assume we acquired our land?”
