Trump sends weird angry letter to Norway's Prime Minister

U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway. Still aggrieved at the Nobel Committee's failure to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, he declared that he is no longer interested in peace as a result and ranted about Greenland, the Danish territory he wants the conquer or purchase. To be clear, Denmark and Norway have not been part of the same country for more than 200 years.

"Dear Jonas: 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. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a "right of ownership" anyway? There are no written documents, it's only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT"

The text of the letter was posted to Twitter/X by PBS NewsHour foreign correspondent Nick Schifrin and later confirmed by the Prime Minister's office.

The letter follow's Trump's threat to impose further tariffs on European imports if Denmark does not sell Greenland, demands for which are rationalized on security grounds, to get at "raw earths" there, etc. If Europe had so far failed to present a convincing unified front against Trump's threats, this got them lined up: even Keir Starmer found a spine.

The media impulse to smooth Trump's inchoate rambling into terse policy-stating headlines is in heavy play today, though most at least hint at how nuts it is. You'll know when European leaders really start taking it seriously when they stop posting on Elon Musk's website. As of today, they're still posting on Elon Musk's website, including Jonas Gahr Støre.