Donald Trump has reportedly issued a stark warning to Norway’s Prime Minister, hinting that military conflict might be considered regarding his ambitions for , an autonomous territory belonging to the Kingdom of .
In a communication from the U.S. President to Norwegian leader Jonas Gahr Støre, Trump cautioned that following his failure to secure last year’s award “for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS,” he “no longer feel[s] 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 has previously associated the award, which is presented by the Norway-based Nobel Committee, with the country and its authorities. Regarding his failure to receive the Peace Prize, Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity earlier this month: “It’s been a very big embarrassment to the country of Norway. Whether they have anything to do with it or not. I think they do. They say they don’t.”
Trump’s letter to Støre went on to connect his warning of no longer thinking “purely of peace” to his campaign to take over Greenland.
“Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway?” he continued. “There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.”
The National Security Council also reportedly forwarded the letter to European ambassadors in Washington, according to Schifrin’s X post.
Støre confirmed to that he had received the letter, stating that Trump’s message was a reply to an earlier communication in which he and Finland’s President Alexander Stubb had requested a discussion with their American counterpart.
TIME was unable to independently confirm the authenticity of the letter. The White House has not yet responded to TIME’s request for comment.
Trump’s message to Støre coincides with his intensified pressure on fellow NATO member states to surrender Greenland to him. On Saturday, Trump declared on Truth Social that beginning February 1, he is imposing levies on several NATO members, including Norway and Denmark, for . The tariff will persist—and even rise to 25 percent by June—”until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland,” he stated.
NATO nations have vigorously resisted Trump’s plan to take over Greenland and have condemned the U.S. President’s efforts to coerce allies through tariffs, which leaders from , the , and have characterized as “blackmail,” to force the transfer of the Danish territory.
In response to the threat, European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, have contemplated employing the European Union’s anti-coercion mechanism—the bloc’s retaliatory trade instrument dubbed the trade “bazooka” due to its potential to disrupt trans-Atlantic commerce. The “bazooka” has never previously been deployed against any nation, but if the EU decides to use it, it could significantly restrict U.S. access to European trade markets through tariffs or other import restrictions.
and are not in support of Trump’s plan to take Greenland, especially .