Trump Links Greenland Threats to Nobel Peace Prize Snub

Protesters in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 17.Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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By Alberto Nardelli and Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth

January 19, 2026 at 7:17 AM UTC

Updated on

January 19, 2026 at 6:28 PM UTC

Donald Trump linked his claims on Greenland to not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a letter the US president sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.

“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,” Trump says in the letter obtained by Bloomberg. “Although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.”