President Donald Trump said in a text message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre that he was pushing to acquire Greenland partially because he had not yet been given the Nobel Peace Prize — saying the snub had freed him to no longer “think purely of Peace.”
Støre confirmed the stunning message in a statement Monday, saying it came shortly after he and Finnish President Alexander Stubb “conveyed our opposition” to a slate of 10% tariffs Trump said he planned to impose next month on European nations if negotiations over the sale of Greenland did not promptly begin.
“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 United States of America,” Trump wrote.