US President Donald Trump has linked his drive to take management of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he not thought “purely of Peace” because the row over the island threatened to reignite a commerce battle with Europe.
Norway’s authorities released the textual content messages despatched by Trump to Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere.
Within the textual content message, Trump stated: “Expensive Jonas: Contemplating your Nation determined to not give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I not really feel an obligation to suppose purely of Peace, though it’ll all the time be predominant, however can now take into consideration what is sweet and correct for the US of America.
“Denmark can not defend that land from Russia or China, and why have they got a “proper of possession” anyway? There are not any written paperwork, it’s solely {that a} boat landed there a whole lot of years in the past, however we had boats touchdown there, additionally.
“I’ve completed extra for NATO than some other individual since its founding, and now, NATO ought to do one thing for the US. The World is just not safe until we now have Full and Complete Management of Greenland. Thanks! President DJT.”
Stoere had despatched an preliminary message with Finnish President Alexander Stubb calling for a de-escalation of tensions, eliciting a response from Trump lower than half an hour later.
Trump didn’t inform NBC Information in an interview whether or not he would use power to grab Greenland. Nevertheless, he did reiterate his menace to hit European nations with tariffs if a deal is just not reached.
Trump has intensified his push to wrest sovereignty over Greenland from fellow NATO member Denmark, prompting the European Union to weigh hitting again with its personal measures.
The dispute threatens to upend the NATO alliance that has underpinned Western safety for many years and which was already underneath pressure over the battle in Ukraine and Trump’s refusal to guard allies until they enhance defence spending.
Trump’s menace has rattled European trade and despatched shockwaves by means of monetary markets. Buyers worry a return to the volatility of 2025’s commerce battle, which solely eased when the edges reached tariff offers in the course of the yr.
Nobel committee gave 2025 peace prize to Machado, not Trump
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Trump vowed on Saturday to implement a wave of accelerating tariffs from February 1 on EU members Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland, together with Britain and Norway, till the US is allowed to purchase Greenland, dwelling to solely 57,000 folks.
“We live in 2026, you possibly can commerce with folks, however you don’t commerce folks,” Denmark’s International Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen stated throughout a go to to London on Monday.
In a publish on Fb, Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen stated the territory needs to be allowed to resolve its personal destiny.
“We is not going to let ourselves be pressured. We stand agency on dialogue, on respect and on worldwide legislation,” he stated.
Talks with Trump in Davos?
Stoere stated he would change his schedule to attend the World Financial Discussion board in Davos on Wednesday and Thursday, overlapping with Trump’s deliberate look on the annual gathering of the worldwide political and enterprise elite.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated he too would attempt to meet Trump on Wednesday, including {that a} commerce dispute was not needed. “But when we’re confronted with tariffs that we think about unreasonable, then we’re able to responding,” Merz stated.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated it might be “very unwise” for European governments to retaliate.
EU leaders will focus on choices at an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday. One possibility is a bundle of tariffs on EUR93 billion ($108 billion) of US imports that might routinely kick in on February 6 after a six-month suspension.
Another choice is the “Anti-Coercion Instrument” (ACI), which has by no means but been used and which may restrict entry to public tenders, investments or banking exercise or limit commerce in providers, wherein the US has a surplus with the bloc, together with in digital providers.
