Washington, United States — “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace.”
This is what US President Donald Trump told the Norwegian government because he was not selected to be the recipient of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.
In a letter sent on weekend to Norwegian’s Prime Minister, reported by an American news organization and later confirmed by the Norwegian government yesterday, Trump blamed the Norwegian government for what he called a decision to deny him the prestigious award.
Trump said that because of the snub, he no longer feels an obligation to “think purely of peace,” a remark he linked to his stance on acquiring Greenland.
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper’ for the US,” Trump wrote.
In the same message he repeated his claim that Denmark is unable to protect Greenland from threats posed by Russia or China: “Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also.”
Thus, he justified his call for US control of the territory.
“The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland,” he ended.
This came shortly after Trump threatened to impose additional 10% tariffs on several European countries next month that oppose his plan to acquire Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. The tariff also includes Norway.
It will increase to 25% percent on June 1, if no such transactions were made.
The Nobel Peace Prize is an annual prestigious award given to individuals or organizations for their outstanding contributions to peace.
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
During a recent appearance in Washington last week, Machado personally gave her medal to Trump, explaining it as a recognition for Trump’s commitment for the freedom of Venezuela.
However, the Nobel Committee later clarified that the prize itself cannot be transferred to another individual after it was awarded.
“It states that the prizes shall be awarded to those who “have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind,” and it specifies who has the right to award each respective prize. A prize can therefore not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed.”
On the other hand, the Norwegian government defended that the prize is decided by an independent Norwegian Nobel body and not by the Norwegian government.