‘I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace,’ says Trump amid Greenland threats – Europe live | World news
Morning opening: ‘I no longer feel the obligation to think only about peace’
Yakup Krupa
US President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration have repeatedly reiterated their determination to seize control of Greenland overnight. It comes just hours after European leaders began frantically coordinating their response to a U.S. move to impose tariffs on the plan’s most vocal opponents.
Trump said in an overnight social media post:
“For 20 years, NATO has been telling Denmark that you must remove the Russian threat from Greenland. Unfortunately, Denmark couldn’t do anything about it. Now is the time and it will be done!!! President Donald J. Trump”
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent took a similar line, telling broadcaster NBC: “The Europeans reflect weakness, the United States reflects strength.”
“The President believes Improved security is not possible without Greenland becoming part of the United Stateshe said.
Escalating further, he appeared to stake Greenland’s future on continued US support for Ukraine.
He said:
“European leaders will come to their senses and realize that they must be under the security umbrella of the United States. What will happen to Ukraine if the USA withdraws its support? Everything would collapse.”
The issue of Greenland’s future will continue to occupy the agenda today.As Europeans coordinate their steps ahead of an extraordinary EU summit expected to be held on Thursday this week. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is also expected to attend. A special emergency press conference was held this morning.
Later today, Danish and Greenlandic ministers will also meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. He is one of Trump’s closest European partners.
But despite being an extremely diplomatic (or sycophantic, if you ask his critics) and glass-half-full kind of person, The Dutchman failed to strike a particularly positive tone after his meeting with Trump on Sunday night. “He spoke with @POTUS about the security situation in Greenland and the Arctic. We will continue to work on that and I look forward to seeing him in Davos later this week,” he said in a brief speech.
And yet…
Perhaps the most explosive revelation this morning came from another direction. first reported by PBS correspondent Nick Schifrinand was later widely reported in Europe.
During the weekend, Trump sent a letter to Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre and said: “Considering that the country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize For stopping 8 Wars PLUS, “I no longer feel an obligation to think only about Peace.”
(Note: Norway does not decide the Nobel Peace Prize. It is an independent committee headquartered in Oslo, not controlled by the Norwegian state.)
He added magnanimously: “Although [thinking about peace] will always dominate but [I] “We can now think about what is good and appropriate for the United States.”
Trump then doubled down on his threat to Denmark over Greenland. says:
“Denmark cannot protect these lands from Russia or China and why do they have ‘property rights’? There is no written document, just that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats that landed there too. I have done more for NATO than anyone else since its founding, and now NATO needs to do something for the United States. The Earth is not safe unless we have Complete and Complete Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”
in a fun way, Prime Minister of Norway VG confirmed the authenticity of the letter sent to the newspaper, He said this was in response to an earlier message he and Finnish President Alexander Stubb sent to Trump.
Today is going to be a crazy day, so get ready. I will bring the latest developments here.
His Monday, January 19, 2026, his Yakup Krupa here and this Europe Live.
Good morning.
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Greenland’s dog sledding federation welcomes US ambassador’s withdrawal of invitation to take part in annual race
Meanwhile, Greenland’s dog sled federation says the new US special envoy to the Arctic island has not been invited to the annual race. According to AFP, Washington constantly threatens to seize autonomous Danish territory.
Jeff Landry was invited to the race by a private Greenlandic tour operator, An invitation that the KNQK federation had previously described as “completely inappropriate”.
“The tourism company that invited US Governor Jeff Landry to KNQK unilaterally withdrew his invitation“This is reassuring,” he wrote on Facebook overnight.
Landry said last week that he plans to come to Greenland in March.
Yakup Krupa
I will quote the important words of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Greenland here. so it’s all in one place, but if you’re after a more in-depth look at his explanations, Andrew Sparrow we will be broadcasting this on the live blog in the UK.
We will also have a live broadcast that you can watch.
The Prime Minister is expected to be joined by his chancellor, Rachel Reeves.She had apparently backed away from her appearance on the show. London to stock Changing As UK shares fell this morning Lauren Almeida he reports on his business blog.
Germany and France oppose Trump’s tariffs and ‘blackmail’ on Greenland
Meanwhile, Some other European countries are reacting increasingly harshly to Trump’s threats to trade and Greenland.
“We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed,” German Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil said in a statement this morning. He insisted that Europe would “respond with a united and clear response.”
“We are now preparing countermeasures together with our European partners,” he said.
His French counterpart Roland Lescure said he would call his counterparts to an emergency meeting From the G7 grouping He met to discuss Trump’s recent comments but reiterated that France “fully supports Greenland and Denmark.”
“Blackmail between friends is absolutely unacceptable” he said.
Norwegian PM says Trump’s explosive letter came in response to phone call request
Shedding more light on Trump’s unusual letter saying he was no longer “completely” interested in peace, Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre said the message came shortly after he and Finland’s Alexander Stubb sent a letter opposing proposed tariffs on some European countries.
“We drew attention to the need to reduce tension exchange of words and I requested a phone call between Trump, Stubb and me throughout the day” he told the VG newspaper.
But he noted that “Trump’s response came shortly after we sent the message.” And Trump then decided to share the letter with representatives of other NATO countries. more.
Støre also reiterated his support for Denmark and Greenland. He emphasized that the Norwegian state had nothing to do with the process of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize.
Separately, several experts the Norwegian newspaper spoke to described the letter as a blatant attempt to “blackmail” Europe; One particularly amused commenter told VG that “the stupidity is so great you don’t know where to start.”
Morning opening: ‘I no longer feel the obligation to think only about peace’
Yakup Krupa
US President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration have repeatedly reiterated their determination to seize control of Greenland overnight. It comes just hours after European leaders began frantically coordinating their response to a U.S. move to impose tariffs on the plan’s most vocal opponents.
Trump said in an overnight social media post:
“For 20 years, NATO has been telling Denmark that you must remove the Russian threat from Greenland. Unfortunately, Denmark couldn’t do anything about it. Now is the time and it will be done!!! President Donald J. Trump”
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent took a similar line, telling broadcaster NBC: “The Europeans reflect weakness, the United States reflects strength.”
“The President believes Improved security is not possible without Greenland becoming part of the United Stateshe said.
Escalating further, he appeared to stake Greenland’s future on continued US support for Ukraine.
He said:
“European leaders will come to their senses and realize that they must be under the security umbrella of the United States. What will happen to Ukraine if the USA withdraws its support? Everything would collapse.”
The issue of Greenland’s future will continue to occupy the agenda today.As Europeans coordinate their steps ahead of an extraordinary EU summit expected to be held on Thursday this week. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is also expected to attend. A special emergency press conference was held this morning.
Later today, Danish and Greenlandic ministers will also meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. He is one of Trump’s closest European partners.
But despite being an extremely diplomatic (or sycophantic, if you ask his critics) and glass-half-full kind of person, The Dutchman failed to strike a particularly positive tone after his meeting with Trump on Sunday night. “He spoke with @POTUS about the security situation in Greenland and the Arctic. We will continue to work on that and I look forward to seeing him in Davos later this week,” he said in a brief speech.
And yet…
Perhaps the most explosive revelation this morning came from another direction. first reported by PBS correspondent Nick Schifrinand was later widely reported in Europe.
During the weekend, Trump sent a letter to Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre and said: “Considering that the country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize For stopping 8 Wars PLUS, “I no longer feel an obligation to think only about Peace.”
(Note: Norway does not decide the Nobel Peace Prize. It is an independent committee headquartered in Oslo, not controlled by the Norwegian state.)
He added magnanimously: “Although [thinking about peace] will always dominate but [I] “We can now think about what is good and appropriate for the United States.”
Trump then doubled down on his threat to Denmark over Greenland. says:
“Denmark cannot protect these lands from Russia or China and why do they have ‘property rights’? There is no written document, it is just said that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we also had boats that landed there. I have done more for NATO than anyone else since its founding, and now NATO needs to do something for the United States. The Earth is not safe unless we have Complete and Complete Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”
in a fun way, Prime Minister of Norway VG confirmed the authenticity of the letter sent to the newspaper, He said this was in response to an earlier message he and Finnish President Alexander Stubb sent to Trump.
Today is going to be a crazy day, so get ready. I will bring the latest developments here.
His Monday, January 19, 2026, his Yakup Krupa here and this Europe Live.
Good morning.
