Donald Trump has declared he no longer feels “obliged to think purely of peace” in an unsettling letter to the Norwegian Prime Minister amid escalating tensions with Europe over Greenland.
The letter, addressed to Norway’s Jonas Gahr Store, was forwarded to multiple European ambassadors in Washington by National Security Council staff, PBS News revealed.
It read: “Dear Jonas – 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.
“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.”
Mr Trump’s letter comes just days after the Norwegian PM declared that “threats have no place” among allies in response to the President’s tariff announcement.
On Saturday, Mr Store wrote on social media: “Norway’s position is firm: Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Norway fully supports the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark.
“There is broad agreement in Nato on the need to strengthen security in the Arctic, including in Greenland.”
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