President Donald Trump stated that one of the reasons for his attempt to acquire Greenland is that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize. The message was sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Sunday. The Norwegians decided to leak the text to the press.
European leaders were already working to avoid a transatlantic trade war over the island. So far, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom have avoided openly imposing retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump’s threat to impose 10 percent tariffs on them for their opposition to a US takeover of Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory. European leaders are trying to defuse this rapidly escalating issue, hoping that Trump will not follow through on his threat.
European leaders are trying to ease tensions on this issue, which is rapidly escalating, hoping that Trump will not follow through on his threat. But President Trump escalated his threat on Sunday, linking his pursuit of the world’s largest island to the loss of the Nobel Peace Prize, which a Norway-based committee awarded to María Corina Machado. Machado, who represents the Venezuelan right wing, also missed the opportunity to be imposed as president.
According to the Norwegian Prime Minister, Trump said in a text message that the world would not be safe unless the United States had “complete and total control of Greenland.”
