Donald Trump Cites Nobel Peace Prize Snub In Letter Explaining Push To Acquire Greenland | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump seems to nonetheless be upset that the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize went to somebody aside from him, now suggesting that the snub was in some way linked to his push to amass Greenland, the Danish semi-autonomous territory.

In a unprecedented letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, first reported by PBS NewsHour, Trump mentioned he not feels constrained by “an obligation” to think about peace, including that he’s primarily targeted on advancing U.S. pursuits.

“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 wrote in a letter to Støre, in line with Bloomberg and PBS NewsHour. “Although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.”

The Nobel committee’s 5 members are appointed by Norway’s parliament, and the nation’s authorities is just not concerned within the number of the laureates.

In an announcement, Støre mentioned Trump’s message got here shortly after he and Finnish President Alexander Stubb reached out to the U.S. president to specific their opposition to Trump’s menace to impose new tariffs on Finland, Norway and different nations beginning Feb. 1 over their objection to his aim to amass Greenland.

“Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Norway fully supports the Kingdom of Denmark on this matter,” Støre mentioned. “We also support that NATO in a responsible way is taking steps to strengthen security and stability in the Arctic.”

Støre added that he has repeatedly made clear to Trump that the Norwegian authorities has no enter on the number of the Nobel Peace Prize winner. This 12 months’s Nobel laureate Venezuelan opposition chief María Corina Machado introduced Trump along with her award throughout her current go to to the White House, later saying that the U.S. president “deserves” the dignity.

While Trump’s relentless push for U.S. management of Greenland has encountered stiff opposition each at dwelling and overseas, the president questioned why Denmark, a NATO ally, has management of the arctic island.

“Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway?” Trump requested in his letter to Støre.

“There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also,” he added. “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.”

Greenland was included into Denmark in 1953, however stays self-governed and has its personal parliament.