WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has linked his push to acquire Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt bound to think “purely of Peace, ” as tensions mounted between the United States and its European allies over the Arctic territory.
The message, sent over the weekend to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, was disclosed by an official in the prime minister’s office and first published by PBS. In it, Trump directly connected his grievance over the Nobel Peace Prize to his increasingly forceful stance on Greenland.
A senior administration official later confirmed to IANS the authenticity of the letter.