Oslo/Washington, 20 January (H.S.): U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed a provocative missive to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Monday, explicitly linking his quest for Complete and Total Control of Greenland to a perceived Nobel Peace Prize denial, while musing that he no longer bears obligation to prioritize peace exclusively.

In the exchange—also endorsed by Finnish President Alexander Stubb—European leaders implored de-escalation amid Trump's tariff threats and Greenland fixation, cautioning unity against global perils; Trump retorted that Norway's Nobel committee spurned him despite halting 8 Wars, thereby liberating him to pursue America's good and proper interests, dismissing Danish sovereignty as tenuous boat-landing lore and NATO reciprocity as overdue.

He evaded queries on forcible seizure with no comment, even as Denmark warned such aggression would shatter the 1949 alliance—bolstered last week by token European troop deployments to Pituffik amid multinational drills—while vowing 10% tariffs from February 1 on eight NATO partners including the UK, surging to 25% by June absent capitulation.

Støre clarified the prize's autonomy, awarded last October to Venezuela's María Corina Machado, whom Trump met recently as she bestowed her medal—defying Nobel statutes—after his administration ousted Nicolás Maduro yet bypassed her for the vice president.

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer affirmed Greenland's fate rests solely with its people and Denmark, decrying tariff blackmail, as Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and Greenland's Vivian Motzfeldt huddled with NATO chief Mark Rutte; Trump insisted Norway totally controls the prize despite protestations.

European retorts—from Macron's Ukraine analogies to EU defiance—portend transatlantic rupture, with Trump unmoved: One way or the other, we are going to have Greenland.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar