US President criticizes Norway for not granting him the Nobel Peace Prize
In a letter reported by several media outlets on Monday, US President Donald Trump chastised Norway for not bestowing upon him the Nobel Peace Prize, stating the move has released him from any duty to consider “purely of peace.”
Trump took this swipe in a communication to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, criticizing Norway for declining “to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS.”
Consequently, the president stated he “no longer feel[s] an obligation to think purely of Peace.” He added that peace would continue to be a “predominant” priority, but he can now also concentrate on “what is good and proper for the United States of America.”
The letter then shifted to Trump’s campaign for US sovereignty over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, contending that “the World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.”
He challenged Denmark’s sovereignty claim, asserting “no written documents” confirm ownership and that Copenhagen is incapable of defending the strategic Arctic island from Russia or China.
“I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States,” Trump stated.
The US and its European NATO allies have clashed over Greenland, as European leaders have opposed Trump’s effort to obtain the island.
With tensions rising, Trump warned of imposing tariffs on eight European nations unless the US is permitted to purchase Greenland, leading to a collective European caution about a “dangerous downward spiral.”
The independent Norwegian Nobel Committee selects the Nobel Peace Prize winner; officials in Oslo maintain they cannot sway its choices.
Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado received the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and presented the medal to Trump in January. While the president lauded it as “a wonderful gesture of mutual respect,” the Nobel Committee did not accept the transfer, declaring the prize and its title “can neither be revoked, shared, nor transferred to others.”