US President Donald Trump told Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre that he no longer feels bound "to think purely of peace" because the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not award him the Nobel Peace Prize.
Støre said in a statement that he has "clearly explained, including to President Trump, what is well known, the (Nobel Peace) prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee and not the Norwegian government."
In an extraordinary text message to Støre, first reported by PBS and confirmed by an official in the Norwegian prime minister's office, Trump linked his repeated threats to seize control of Greenland to the fact that he has not been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which he has long coveted.
"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," Trump wrote.
"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," Trump said in his message.
(Source: China Daily)
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