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President Donald Trump told Norway that he no longer feels obligated to “think purely of peace” in his efforts to acquire U.S. control over Greenland.
Trump made the comments in a message to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on Jan. 18.
"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 in the text message.
"Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China," Trump said in the message.
"The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland."
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado last year. Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump during her visit to the White House last week, saying it was a gift in recognition of what she described as the president’s commitment to the freedom of the Venezuelan people. While the Nobel Committee has said the prizes are nontransferable, Trump has expressed the intention to keep the medal.
Store issued a statement on Jan. 19 restating Norway’s support for Denmark’s sovereignty over Greenland and saying that the Nobel Peace Prize is presented by an independent committee, not the government.
“Norway’s position on Greenland is clear. Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Norway fully supports the Kingdom of Denmark on this matter,” Store said in the statement.
When asked by reporters on the night of Jan. 19 whether the Nobel Prize influenced his thinking on Greenland, Trump said, "I don't care about the Nobel Prize."
“If anybody thinks that Norway doesn’t, doesn’t control the Nobel Prize, they’re just kidding. They have a board, but it’s controlled by Norway, and I don’t care what Norway says, but I really don’t care about that. What I care about is saving lives, and I think I've saved tens of millions of lives. ”
Trump also told reporters that the United States would talk about acquiring Greenland at this week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Trump later said on early Jan. 20 that he had a "very good" telephone call with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte concerning Greenland.
Trump also said he had agreed to a meeting of various parties at the World Economic Forum. He did not specify who the various parties were.
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Now the latest on Greenland. President Trump says he no longer feels obligated to think purely of
peace and his push to acquire the arctic island. NDD's Daniel Monaghan reports on that plus other
updates as tensions over the territory continue to simmer. President Trump made the comments when
replying to a joint message from Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Garstuda and Finnish President
Alexander Stubb. Trump wrote quote considering your country decided not to give me the Nobel
Peace Prize for having stopped eight wars plus I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of
peace although it will always be predominant. Trump says he can now focus on what's best for
the United States of America. The president later brushed aside interest in the Nobel Peace Prize
saying that he cared more about saving lives and Trump yesterday accused Denmark of failing to do
enough to secure Greenland before boarding Air Force One. They can't protect it Denmark they're
and I know the leaders are very good people but they they don't even go there and you know because
the boat went there 500 years ago and then left that doesn't give you title to property. Trump
says NATO has been warning Denmark for decades to safeguard Greenland against the Russian threat
and it's not only Russia it's also China so we'll see what happens but uh let's put it this way it's
going to be a very interesting Davos. Trump has said that U.S. acquisition of the island is critical
to U.S. national security. UN Ambassador Mike Waltz discusses why President Trump wants Greenland
speaking on Fox News. If you look at Denmark's defense expenditures they have zero heavy ice
breakers they really have no navy in the western hemisphere to speak of and they certainly aren't
contributing in a meaningful way to the golden dome space or other types of missile defense
we have to have. Meanwhile look at Russia with over 60 ice breakers some nuclear that Chinese
are building more they're pushing up into the natural resources that are up there. Trump also
discussed another island on True Social yesterday writing shockingly our brilliant NATO ally the
United Kingdom is currently planning to give away the island of Diego Garcia the site of a vital U.S.
military base to Mauritius and to do so for no reason whatsoever. Trump wrote that China and
Russia international powers who only recognize strength must have noticed the act. The president
wrote quote the U.K. giving away extremely important land is an act of great stupidity
and is another in a very long line of national security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired.
Trump also wrote on True Social that he had a very good telephone call with Mark Rutte
the secretary general of NATO concerning Greenland. Trump says he agreed to a meeting of the various
parties in Davos Switzerland and wrote quote as I expressed to everyone very plainly Greenland is
imperative for national and world security there can be no going back on that everyone agrees.
Denmark increased its military presence in Greenland yesterday sending additional troops
to the arctic territory about a hundred soldiers are already in Nook with more expected to deploy
to western Greenland. Daniel Monaghan NTD news.
