President Donald Trump sent a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre early on January 19, 2026, between 3:15 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. UTC, tying Norway's denial of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. security threats over Greenland, which National Security Council staff forwarded to multiple European ambassadors in Washington, according to ABC News reporter Nick Schifrin citing texts obtained from several officials. In the letter, Trump stated that because Norway "decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars," he no longer feels "an obligation to think purely of Peace," while questioning Denmark's ownership of Greenland and asserting the need for "Complete and Total Control of Greenland" to counter Russia and China, as quoted by Schifrin from the document shared during the 3-hour period. Trump claimed he has "done more for NATO than any other person since its founding" and that Denmark cannot protect Greenland, adding that U.S. boats also landed there historically, per the letter's text reported by Schifrin. This development follows European officials' preference for negotiation over retaliation to Trump's prior Greenland threats, as reported in a New York Times article cited earlier on January 19, amid Danish defense documents and NATO activities in the region revealed on January 18.
