US President Donald Trump has explicitly linked his controversial push for control of Greenland to his frustration at being passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize, signalling a striking shift in US diplomatic tone and fuelling fresh transatlantic tensions.
In a message sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Mr Trump wrote that because Norway had not 'given me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 wars PLUS,' he '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.' European allies have reacted with alarm, emphasising that the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by an independent Norwegian committee, not the Norwegian government itself.
