A message attributed to President Donald Trump and shared late Sunday by PBS’s Nick Schifrin post says Trump told Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre he no longer feels obligated to think “purely” about peace and argued the world is not secure unless the United States has “complete and total control” of Greenland.
Nick Schifrin reported the text was obtained from multiple officials and circulated by NSC staff to European ambassadors.
Støre responded hours earlier in a public statement on Støre post, rejecting threats between allies and stressing that Greenland “is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.” He also said that NATO allies mostly agree on making the Arctic safer, even in Greenland.
Norway’s Prime Minister Støre has acknowledged Trump’s letter is real, according to multiple outlets .
The message, first reported by PBS correspondent Nick Schifrin and later published by Reuters, was confirmed as authentic by Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who noted the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by an independent committee, not the Norwegian government.
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“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. Thank you! President DJT”
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the United States would apply new tariffs on imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland. Trump said the plan would start at 10% on Feb. 1, 2026, rise to 25% on June 1, and remain in place until a comprehensive deal to purchase Greenland is reached. Trump framed the move as a national security issue, arguing Greenland is strategically important and claiming China and Russia have sought to increase their influence on the island.
The clash follows a tense weekend of trans-Atlantic exchanges over Greenland and Denmark’s Arctic posture. Eight European NATO allies issued a joint statement backing Denmark and Greenland and defending Denmark’s planned Arctic military exercise “Arctic Endurance,” saying it posed no threat. The statement came one day after Trump’s post on Truth Social threatening tariffs.
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