U.S. President Donald Trump cited his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize as a reason for pushing to annex Greenland in a message to Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
According to Bloomberg on the 19th, Trump stated accordingly in a letter to Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
In the letter, Trump wrote, "Even though I stopped more than eight wars, given that your country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely about 'peace' alone."
He added, "While peace is always important, I can now think about what is good and appropriate for the United States," arguing, "The world is not safe unless we have complete and comprehensive control over Greenland."
The remarks are interpreted as an attempt to advance the argument that the United States must secure control over Greenland because he failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize last year.
However, the Nobel Prize is administered by the Nobel Committee, not the Norway government. It was not known why Trump delivered this position directly to the Norway prime minister. In a statement to Bloomberg, the prime minister's office said, "As is well known, we clearly explained to President Trump that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize is the responsibility of the independent Nobel Committee, not the Norway government."
Meanwhile, Trump questioned in the letter that day, "Why do they have 'ownership'?" He argued, "There is no documented evidence, and a single ship docked there hundreds of years ago. Our ships also docked there." Regarding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), he said, "I have done more than anyone since NATO's founding. And now NATO has to do something for the United States."
Since winning a second term last year, Trump had publicly signaled his intent to win the Nobel Peace Prize but ultimately failed. On the 15th, Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado handed her genuine medal to Trump, and Trump accepted it. The Nobel Committee said, "The Nobel Prize and the laureate are inseparable," adding, "Even if the medal becomes someone else's property, the laureate does not change, and the prize cannot be transferred to another person, even symbolically."