A scary letter sent from the Oval Office to the heart of Scandinavia shook the diplomatic world to its core this morning. President Donald Trump has reportedly said that he no longer feels any 'obligation' to keep peace around the world. This has shocked experienced diplomats and world leaders.
What caused this big change in position? A perceived snub from the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Many people are worried that this could be the first domino to fall in a chain reaction that leads to a terrible global war.
The US President sent Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre a letter stating the chilling warning because he was denied the Nobel Peace Prize, according to the Norwegian publication VG who confirmed the letter. The contents of the message, which have since been verified by the prime minister himself, suggest that the president's frustrations with international accolades have now morphed into a direct threat to the established geopolitical order. Specifically, the president noted that he felt overlooked despite his claims of having stopped 'eight Wars PLUS' during his tenure.
The Greenland Gambit
The letter reveals a president who is increasingly impatient with the nuances of traditional diplomacy. '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, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America,' the president wrote.
This rejection of a 'purely peaceful' mindset is explicitly tied to his renewed and aggressive pursuit of Greenland. The president used the letter to dismiss Danish sovereignty over the territory with startling bluntness, questioning why Denmark has a 'right of ownership' at all. He argued that the American claim is just as valid, if not more so, stating that 'it's only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also.'
This rhetoric has sparked immediate concerns that the US may be moving toward a more unilateral — or even hostile — approach to acquiring the strategically vital island. He further asserted that NATO 'should do something for the United States' and stated unequivocally that the 'World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.'
Trade as a Weapon
The repercussions of this shift in policy are already being felt in the pockets of British and European citizens. The US President has threatened to impose a 10% tariff 'on any and all goods' sent to the US from Feb. 1, targeting the UK and seven other European nations. This economic pressure is designed to force a deal for Greenland, with the president warning that the tariff will rise to 25% by June 1 if his demands are not met. The targeted nations include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has wasted no time in condemning the move, describing the proposed tariffs as 'completely wrong'. In an emergency statement from Downing Street, Starmer is expected to highlight the 'dangerous downward spiral' that such trade wars invite.
The prime minister's position remains firm: the future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and the Danes alone, and utilizing trade levies to undermine NATO collective security is an unacceptable breach of trust between allies. Starmer reiterated that Arctic security matters for the entire alliance and that allies should work together to address threats from Russia rather than imposing duties on one another.
As the deadline of Feb. 1 looms, the international community is left to wonder if these are merely the opening salvos of a trade dispute or the early warning signs of a much darker chapter in modern history. With the president concluding his letter by stating that the world is only secure under 'Complete and Total Control of Greenland' by the US, the stakes for global peace have never felt higher.
