Trump Tells Norway He No Longer Feels Obligation to ‘Think Purely of Peace’ in Acquiring Greenland

Trump said on early Tuesday that he had a ’very good' telephone call with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte concerning Greenland.
Trump Tells Norway He No Longer Feels Obligation to ‘Think Purely of Peace’ in Acquiring Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store (L) during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Oct. 13, 2025. Evan Vucci/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. President Donald Trump told Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store that he no longer feels obligated “to think purely of peace” in his bid to acquire the island of Greenland, a recognized territorial holding of the Kingdom of Denmark under international law.

“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 a Jan. 18 text message to Store. He repeated his demand for U.S. control over Greenland.

Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.