January 19, 2026executiveForeign PolicyInternational Institutions
Trump Ties Greenland Bid to Nobel Prize Snub in Letter to Norwegian Prime Minister
Trump sent a letter to Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre stating he no longer felt obligated "to think purely of Peace" because the Nobel Committee did not award him the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump wrote: "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." Støre clarified that an independent Nobel Committee, not the government, awards the prize.