Trump Texted Norway’s Prime Minister And Said He Wants Greenland Because He Didn’t Win The Nobel Peace Prize
In the message, Trump said that the world was “not secure” unless the US had “complete and total control of Greenland.”
US president Donald Trump has sent a message to Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre, blaming Norway for not awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize and saying he no longer feels obliged to “think purely of peace.”
The message, confirmed and released by Norway’s government on Monday, Jan. 19, was sent after Støre and Finland’s president urged Trump to de-escalate growing tensions over Greenland, Gaza, Ukraine and the US’ threats for tariff.
“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 replied, adding, “although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.”
In the same message, he also said that the world was “not secure” unless the US had “complete and total control of Greenland.”
“Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway?” Trump said.
Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for ending wars, including for the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas he announced in October 2025, which he called the eighth conflict he had ended.
Støre responded by stressing that the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by an independent Norwegian Nobel Committee, not by the Norwegian government.
The prize last October went to Venezuela’s main opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who was then captured by the US in an unprecedented military operation on Jan. 3.
On Thursday, Jan. 15, Machado met with Trump at the White House and presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to him on a gold frame plaque, calling it a “personal symbol of gratitude” for his role in “freeing Venezuela.”
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement on Friday, Jan. 16, that although the medal can be given away, the Nobel Peace Prize "itself – the honour and recognition – remains inseparably linked to the person or organisation designated as the laureate” by the Committee.
Sofia Hou
Sofia Hou
