Trump says he’s pursuing Greenland after perceived Nobel Peace Prize snub : NPR

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Alex Brandon/AP President Trump says his controversial push for U.S. management of Greenland comes after he did not win the Nobel Peace Prize final 12 months, 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 would all the time be predominant, however can now take into consideration what is nice and correct for the US of America," Trump stated within the message.

"The World shouldn't be safe except now we have 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 press release.

Gahr Støre stated 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 they'd conveyed opposition to Trump's proposed tariff will increase on eight European nations over the latest Greenland dispute, and pointed to the necessity to de-escalate.

"Norway's place on Greenland is obvious. Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Norway totally helps the Kingdom of Denmark on this matter," Gahr Støre stated. "We additionally help 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 shouldn't be 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.

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Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix Foto/AP The Peace Prize, which was final awarded to Venezuela's opposition chief Maria Corina Machado, can also be awarded for the earlier 12 months. Meaning 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 latest actions in Venezuela.

The message to Gahr Støre comes as tensions rise between Europe and the US over the standing of Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark that's strategically vital and wealthy in sources.

On Monday, the World Financial Discussion board stated officers from Denmark wouldn't be attending the assembly in Davos, Switzerland, this week. "We will verify 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 latest U.S. tariff threats. The eight nations, that are all members of NATO, stated that Trump's proposed tariffs "undermine transatlantic relations and danger a harmful downward spiral."

On Saturday night time, President Trump had written on his Fact Social social media platform that he would impose tariffs on imports from the nations, after they'd deployed restricted army personnel to Greenland to take part in a Danish-led Arctic train referred to as 'Arctic Endurance.'

Trump stated 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 the US.

The open dispute comes after weeks of more and more assertive U.S. rhetoric concerning Greenland, by which Trump has repeatedly stated 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't 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 stated.

Trump made comparable feedback final week, saying "the truth that they'd 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 bought our land?"