Donald Trump today ratcheted up the pressure on Nato over Greenland in a message to Norway’s Prime Minister warning that he ‘no longer feels an obligation to think purely of peace’ because he was denied the Nobel Peace Prize.

The US President again demanded Greenland is handed to America because Denmark can’t protect it from Russia and China in a letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, according to the Norwegian press.

‘I have done more for Nato than any other person since its founding, and now, Nato should do something for the United States’, he reportedly said, adding: ‘The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland’.

It came as British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer held a Downing Street press conference where he branded Donald Trump’s trade war threats over Greenland ‘completely wrong’ – but signalled the UK will not hit back.

‘A tariff war isn’t in anybody’s interests and what I want to do is avoid a tariff war. I will speak to Trump again in the coming days. We must find a pragmatic solution to this’, he said.

Asked if he genuinely believed the US President was considering military action to take Greenland, Sir Keir told reporters: ‘I don’t, actually’.

He spoke hours after a leaked letter revealed the US President took the extraordinary step of linking his wish to seize Greenland to not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which he has repeatedly said he ‘deserves’. 

Mr Trump was responding to a note from Norwegian PM Støre, who had expressed his opposition to his proposal to impose export tariffs on those willing to defend the island, including Norway and the UK.

‘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’, Mr Trump reportedly said. 

The leaked note went on: ‘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’.

Norwegian tabloid VG claims to have spoken to Mr Støre who confirmed the letter is genuine. The PM also said he has told Mr Trump repeatedly that it is ‘well known’ that the Norwegian government does not decide who wins the Nobel Peace Prize. 

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