US President Donald Trump has written to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in a letter that was subsequently circulated among European diplomatic missions in Washington, according to PBS News.
The letter, which staff within the United States National Security Council reportedly forwarded to several European ambassadors, sets out the president’s views on global security, NATO and the strategic importance of Greenland.
In the message addressed to the Norwegian prime minister, Trump linked the Nobel Committee’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize with a shift in how he approaches international obligations.
“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,” the letter states.
The president went on to argue that Denmark lacks the ability to defend Greenland from external powers and questioned the basis of Danish sovereignty over the territory.
“Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway?” he wrote. “There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also.”
The letter also refers to NATO, with Trump asserting that the alliance should take steps in support of US interests.
“I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States,” he wrote.
The message concludes with the statement: “The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.”
PBS News reported that the letter was shared internally among diplomatic officials after being circulated by the National Security Council. Neither the White House nor the Norwegian government has publicly commented on the correspondence.
Our nuclear deterrent should be independent from the US, France does this and so should we.
I’m beginning to think Trump Is a “Tall White” after all.
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It’s life Jim but not as we know it.
Ahhh, A Vulcan then !!!!
(You might need to ask Spock as he Isn’t talking to me 😁)
(visions of a Sulky Vulcan now)
Mmmm Greenland came under the Denmark- Norway crown in the 1380s,Denmark took full control in 1712!were were all these American’ boats?
The vikings explored N America in the late 10th century,soooo trumpy should wind his neck in claiming what boats went where and when! That means Norway could actually claim N America as theirs couldn’t they🤔
It’s been pointed out MULTIPLE times if there was a real security threat Denmark had no problem with US bases on Greenland under NATO treaties!
I blame American School History Lessons (Hollywood) for their severe lack of knowledge.
Ah, you are missing how this actually works.
Hollywood will create a movie which shows that ‘merica founded Greenland at the time of dinosaurs.
Greenland will be rediscovered as the new Jurassic Park pre-pre-pre-prequel in which the Tangerine Tinted Stable Genius will star.
This then becomes a constitutional fact, as it has been researched and put on screen by Hollywood, as part of MAGA doctrine.
There FIFY.
😅😅😅.
I have been to the US a fedw times for holidays and a couple on business and found their insularity and ignorance of the outside world amazing ( Oh dear like now like our our own young who are not intersted ) I was asked by an educated opera singer that my accent was so nice and where did I come from – I replied Manchester England – She replied Oh such a pretty town (Manchester in 1979 was anything but) It transpired she thought it was Manchester N H in New England I haven’t looked it up recently but the % of American’s with passports is very low
Apparently we’d all be speaking German if it wasn’t for the good old US of A.
Ha, We just might still be.
Hiel Trumpler !
There are zero questions to be raised, asked whatsoever. European countries are just afraid of the reply as they did put security of their citizens at risk by being vassal to the us. The only reply is to build european capacities and adopt a kind of gaullist policy for Europe. The only thing de Gaulle did not predict, is the grotesque manner the US are splitting away from Europe.
I don’t think anyone was expecting trump to get a second term to be honest. We made the mistake of thinking right and reason would prevail, but the world seems to have moved beyond that.
To be honest I’m looking at the geostrategic hole the UK is in.. stuck between Europe and the U.S. and thinking that the French had the right idea.. I’m not liking the fact our nuclear deterrent is essentially dependent for its ongoing maintenance on the U.S.
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination
De Gaulle
I see he’s still committed to proving that “Trump derangement syndrome” is real. Except it isn’t just Trump. We’re firmly into the age of the dictator now, lunatics running the asylum.
This clown has next to zero support in the congress for this Greenland thing. If William Spaniel is to be believed the military is in the same boat.
This will amount to a big fat nothing and people are getting overdramatic for no reason, just like last time Greenland came up in the news
It was proven around Venezuela that congress has no meaningful control of a president wishing to push the boundaries of executive power… essentially he can attack any nation he wishes up to and including beheading and regime change, the only thing he cannot do is a traditional land invasion with the army and full conquest and annexation.
Chiefly I see this about Trump pursuing a legacy, being the first American president to expand American territory in eons. I think he wants to enter the history books alongside Thomas Jefferson in that regard.
I see no other explanation – Greenland is under no threat at all from Russia and China whilst in NATO and would be no safer if incorporated into America – ultimately the same people would come to its defence.
I wonder how long the US establishment can let this loon continue; he’s lost his marbles on top of his personal ‘qualities.’
The man is like a spoilt 12 year old, not sure why there hasn’t been a thought process of is he fit to run the country or not, if I was American I’d be looking to get him checked because personally I don’t think he’s capable.
His (Trumps) previous references to ‘only defending what you own’ tell you a lot about his views on NATO.
If you believed in NATO, of the week before last, you would recognise that Greenland is secure. If not, what he says has a ring of truth, Denmark and the rest of NATO (excluding the US) would struggle to defend Greenland from any real threat from ‘over the Pole’. I suggest that there is no threat right now, at least nothing that compared to 40 years ago (when the US had a substantial number of resident personnel). In 100 years, if the ice has gone things might be different.
Entertaining times, the optimistic view might be that saner heads will prevail, even if we have to wait until 2028, 2032….
Is he really saying that with the huge number of F35s delivered to NATO it could do nothing against a Russia that can’t run a land war and has an ancient navy?
That is before we get to the 100s of Typhoon and Gripen that are around.
There are four decent aircraft carriers in eNATO…..loads of P8…..
Russia wouldn’t stand a chance of mass landing with aerial superiority denied.
Starting to think the guy has lost the plot, the Norwegian government does not issue the Nobel Peace Prize.
Good luck to him launching an invasion in the Arctic with no friendly bases near by. This sounds like a way to get a bunch of US service personnel killed over nothing and America slapped so hard with financial sanctions that the dollar dominance ends over night.
No nation can base any policies on America. Trade, defence – both depend on the whims of a president who is, at best, delusional but anyway acting against the interests of the UK and Europe. I class the current America as worse than China and on a par with Russia. It’s a matter of damage limitation and self presivation – why our government is prevaricating on defence spending now totally unacceptable. America is directly threatening the UK with tariffs unless we support a morally repugnant and illegal action against a NATO ally. I’m gaining more respect for Macron on a daily basis – he seems to be the main person standing up for Europe (including the UK). America seriously needs to get their house in order before it loses all of it’s friends and has to stand alone against it’s real enemies.
Careful with your growing fondness for Macron. He is all bark and no bite, and most French people would support my characterisation of him there
Internally within France yes, but his foreign diplomacy skills are actually quite good. He should’ve never been president but maybe a role within Nato, EU or a foreign diplomacy body would have suited him better
We are now in a holding action until the US mid term elections in November this year, unless there are any other significant events that temper Trump’s actions. If the US mid terms do not alter the state of affairs then the world order as we know it has truly been shattered. US polling shows overwhelming discontent with the current administration however US polls have been known to be wildly inaccurate in recent years. On top of this, all the discussions about Trump cancelling the election are becoming more credible by the day.
Regardless of the outcome, things have changed forever. We live in interesting times, or so the ancient Chinese proverb goes.
Trump reminds me of Joffrey from Game of Thrones.
Oh that’s just not fair to Joffrey
It is getting to the point where NATO starts to think about removing itself from US control. Putin’s intention was to break up NATO and it seems to be working. Europe and Canada needs to stand together. And of course if the US takes over Greenland and removes itself from NATO it loses bases, shared costs and has to manage the North Atlantic entirely on its own. It isn’t even as if Russia and or China was intent on invading Greenland anyway. We need to start thinking the unthinkable.
Maybe we got Sweden and Finland in exchange for the US. A bit different, but I can live with that.
Wow, Obama got one after just 10 days in office and no accomplishments! I wonder why was that hmmmm?
Mostly because the guy he replaced was a massive war monger who set the Middle East on fire.
And it was a slow year for peace 😀
I think there’s a decent enough argument around such a historic moment for civil rights and reconciliation between ethnic groups that it warranted recognition given there weren’t many other candidates
Great to see Redshift, Clunker and NoPoet are all still here, I had a worry they had all disappeared 🤔😁
Should be some great friendly banter here now.
Shame they all no longer respond !
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The assertion that Denmark cannot maintain a credible defence of Greenland versus Russia or China is particularly asinine… that’s the whole bloody point of NATO! I think Don is losing his mind a bit, he has bloodlust and a critical oversupply of confidence post-Venezuela
I Look at all of this and think, is this Trumps way of telling the NATO members that the USA is sick of carrying the weight, numerous members have not been meeting the requirements so here we are…..