US EditionTrump Links Greenland Takeover Bid to Nobel Prize Snub in Message to Norway’s PM: Report
Trump linked his failed Nobel Peace Prize bid to his push for U.S. control of Greenland, threatening tariffs on European allies and escalating tensions, sources said.
- On Jan 19, President Donald Trump sent a message to Norway's prime minister linking his Nobel Peace Prize snub to Greenland, calling for 'complete and total control of Greenland' and saying he no longer felt obliged to 'think purely of Peace.'
- Trump has long sought the Nobel, and he linked the snub last year to U.S. interests in Greenland, saying Denmark cannot protect it from Russia or China.
- Tariff threats escalated when Trump announced a 10% import tax from February 1 on goods from eight nations and EU ambassadors met on Jan 18 to consider tariffs on �93 billion of American goods.
- The escalation prompted outrage from European Union leaders and calls for the EU emergency summit on Jan 22 as European markets fell and thousands of Greenlanders protested.
- Beyond the note, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said the prize cannot be transferred, María Corina Machado gave her medal to Trump last week, and Denmark and Greenland leaders insist the island is not for sale while NATO and allied defence officials plan meetings.
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The desire of the US president to do at all costs with Greenland, the threats of tariffs or the kick for not receiving the Nobel Prize extend the feeling that it is out of control Read
Trump ties his stance on Greenland to not getting Nobel Peace Prize - Boston News, Weather, Sports
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” in a text message released on Monday. Trump’s message to Jonas Gahr Støre appears to ratchet up a standoff between Washington and its closest allies over his threats to take over Greenland, a sel…
The U.S. President said that, in addition to peace, he can now also focus on “what is good and appropriate for the U.S.”
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