Trump ties Greenland calls for to Nobel Prize in message to Norway chief

[ad_1] <img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/98c1/live/4e0dab90-f521-11f0-ba9e-6162a5db7583.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/98c1/live/4e0dab90-f521-11f0-ba9e-6162a5db7583.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/98c1/live/4e0dab90-f521-11f0-ba9e-6162a5db7583.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/98c1/live/4e0dab90-f521-11f0-ba9e-6162a5db7583.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/98c1/live/4e0dab90-f521-11f0-ba9e-6162a5db7583.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/98c1/live/4e0dab90-f521-11f0-ba9e-6162a5db7583.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/98c1/live/4e0dab90-f521-11f0-ba9e-6162a5db7583.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/98c1/live/4e0dab90-f521-11f0-ba9e-6162a5db7583.jpg.webp" loading="eager" alt="REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque US President Donald Trump speaks at a ceremony held to dedicate a 4-mile stretch of road from West Palm Beach Airport to his Mar-a-Lago estate as 'President Donald J. Trump Boulevard', at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 16, 2026. " class="sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA"/> REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque US President Donald Trump has mentioned he now not feels obliged to suppose solely of peace after he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize final 12 months.

In a message to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Trump blamed the nation for not giving him the prize.

In his reply to Trump, Støre defined that an unbiased committee, not the federal government of Norway, awards the prize which final October went to Venezuela's opposition chief María Corina Machado.

In the identical message to Støre, Trump insisted the US wanted "Full and Complete Management of Greenland" - the semi autonomous Danish territory. Requested later if he deliberate to make use of pressure to grab it, he replied "no remark".

Denmark is a fellow member of Nato - a defence alliance with the US as its most influential companion. It really works on the precept that members ought to defend each-other in case of exterior assaults.

There has by no means been an assault by one member in opposition to one other because the alliance was based in 1949.

Denmark has warned that US navy motion in Greenland would spell the tip of Nato. It has obtained assist from European members of the alliance - some even despatched a handful of troops to Greenland final week in a transfer seen as symbolic.

Nevertheless, Trump adopted that deployment with an announcement to impose a ten% tariff on items from eight Nato allies - together with the UK - from 1 February in the event that they opposed his proposed takeover of Greenland, and threatened to lift it to 25% by June.

It was on this context of heightened pressure that Jonas Støre despatched a message to Trump was on behalf of himself and the Finnish President, Alexander Stubb.

The 2 European leaders mentioned "all of us ought to work to take this down and de-escalate - a lot is going on round us the place we have to stand collectively".

In his reply, Trump wrote: "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 suppose purely of Peace, though it should at all times be predominant, however can now take into consideration what is sweet and correct' for the US."

He went on to say that Denmark couldn't defend Greenland from Russia or China, and questioned, "why have they got a "proper of possession" anyway? There are not any written paperwork, it is solely {that a} boat landed there lots of of years in the past, however we had boats touchdown there, additionally".

"I've finished extra for NATO than some other particular person since its founding, and now, NATO ought to do one thing for the USA," he mentioned.

"The World is just not safe except now we have Full and Complete Management of Greenland," he concluded.

The sparsely-populated however resource-rich Arctic island is properly positioned for early warning methods within the occasion of missile assaults and for monitoring vessels within the area.

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer mentioned on Monday that any resolution in regards to the future standing of Greenland "belongs to the individuals of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark alone", and known as using tariffs in opposition to allies "unsuitable".

Additionally on Monday, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and Greenlandic International Affairs Minister Vivian Motzfeldt met Nato Secretary Normal Mark Rutte.

Final week, the Danish and Greenlandic governments, along with Nato allies, determined to extend navy presence and train exercise within the Arctic and the North Atlantic.

A number of European states despatched small numbers of navy personnel to Greenland in a so-called reconnaissance mission.

Trump has made no secret of his want to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and on Monday insisted that "Norway completely controls it [the Nobel Prize] regardless of what they are saying".

"They wish to say they don't have anything to do with it, however they've every thing to do with it," he advised NBC Information.

Trump says he deserves the award, having ended eight wars since his second time period as president started final 12 months.

The White Home has beforehand listed these as conflicts between Israel and Hamas, Israel and Iran, Pakistan and India, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Thailand and Cambodia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Serbia and Kosovo.

BBC Verify has examined Trump's claim which embody quite a few "wars" which had lasted simply days, though have been the results of long-standing tensions, and in some instances – for instance Egypt and Ethiopia - there was no preventing to finish.

There has additionally been preventing between Rwanda and the DRC, regardless of the 2 sides signing a peace settlement.

The peace prize was awarded to Venezuelan opposition chief María Corina Machado.

Later, when US forces seized and eliminated Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro from Caracas, accusing him of drug trafficking and different crimes, Trump didn't endorse Machado because the nation's subsequent chief and as an alternative backed Maduro's vice-president because the interim head of presidency.

Machado, who has praised Trump, met him at the White House last week and gave her medal to him. The Nobel Basis had mentioned the award couldn't "even symbolically, be handed on or additional distributed".

What questions do you might have about Donald Trump's first 12 months since returning as US president? Click here or use the shape under.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/01c0/live/75d17060-f50f-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.png.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/01c0/live/75d17060-f50f-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.png.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/01c0/live/75d17060-f50f-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.png.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/01c0/live/75d17060-f50f-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.png.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/01c0/live/75d17060-f50f-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.png.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/01c0/live/75d17060-f50f-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.png.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/01c0/live/75d17060-f50f-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.png.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/01c0/live/75d17060-f50f-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.png.webp" loading="lazy" alt="A thin, grey banner promoting the US Politics Unspun newsletter. On the right, there is an image of North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher, wearing a blue suit and shirt and grey tie. Behind him is a visualisation of the Capitol Building on vertical red, grey and blue stripes. The banner reads: "The newsletter that cuts through the noise.”" class="sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA"/> Observe the twists and turns of Trump's second time period with North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher's weekly US Politics Unspun publication. Readers within the UK can sign up here . These outdoors the UK can sign up here .