President Donald Trump noted Monday in a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre that after Norway did not award him the Nobel Peace Prize, he “no longer feels an obligation to think only about peace.”
“Dear Jonas: Considering that your country decided not to award me the Nobel Peace Prize for stopping eight wars, and more, I no longer feel an obligation to think only about peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and appropriate for America,” he says in a message leaked by PBS News correspondent Nick Schifrin.
Trump no longer feels compelled to think about peace
🚨 CONFIRMED: TRUMP LETTER TO NORWAY IS REAL
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has confirmed the authenticity of a letter from Donald Trump.
According to reporting by Nick Schifrin, the letter was obtained from multiple officials and circulated by National Security… pic.twitter.com/oW5Woh6369– Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) January 19, 2026
The Republican leader linked the U.S. expansionist threat over Greenland to the failure to achieve that distinction.
“Denmark is not able to protect that territory from Russia or China, and besides, why would it have a supposed ‘right of ownership’? There are no written documents, only the fact that a ship arrived there hundreds of years ago, but we sent ships there too,” he adds.
In his opinion, he has done “more for NATO than anyone else since its inception.”
“Now NATO should do something for the United States. The world will not be safe unless we have full and absolute control over Greenland,” he concludes.
Trump’s letter confirmed
NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the…
– Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) January 19, 2026
Støre confirmed to the Norwegian daily VG on Monday that he had received a phone text message from Trump the day before and clarified that it was a reply to one he and Finnish President Alexander Stubb had sent him.
“In the message to Trump we explained our position on increased tariffs on Norway, Finland and other countries. We pointed out the need to de-escalate the exchange of words and asked for a phone conversation between Trump, Stubb and myself later in the day. Trump’s response came shortly after we sent him our message. It was his decision to share it with other leaders of NATO countries,” he told the newspaper.
Støre stressed that Norway’s position is clear: Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and support for it is “total”.
“We also support NATO responsibly strengthening the work for security and stability in the Arctic. As far as the Nobel Peace Prize is concerned, I have explained to Trump several times in a clear way what is known, that it is an independent Nobel Committee and not the Norwegian government that awards the prize,” he said.
“The time has come.”
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 2025 award to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado “for her tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the people of Venezuela”.
However, in a meeting at the White House on January 15, Machado gave him her medal as a token of gratitude for the U.S. operation that deposed Nicolás Maduro at the beginning of the month, although Oslo has already reminded him that the distinction is non-transferable.
In dismissing peace, Trump has insisted Monday that the time has come to “remove” the “Russian threat” from Greenland.
“For 20 years, NATO has told Denmark that it must eliminate the Russian threat from Greenland. Unfortunately, Denmark has not been able to do so. The time has come, and it will be done,” he said on his social network, Truth Social.
With information from EFE
