Trump’s campaign poses a threat not just to Greenland and Denmark but also to NATO. The day before Støre’s text, Trump had vowed to impose tariffs on a handful of European countries that had sent soldiers to the Arctic territory in a show of unity with Denmark. The Norwegian prime minister suggested to Trump that they “deescalate,” entreating him, “so much is happening around us where we need to stand together.” The message was co-signed by another Scandinavian leader, Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland.
mandag 16. februar 2026
Norway Faces Up to Trump’s Demands for the Nobel Peace Prize
Jonas Gahr Støre, the mild-mannered prime minister of Norway and the scion of a wealthy industrial family, was returning home from a ski outing one Sunday last month when he decided to dash off a text message to Donald Trump. Composing it from the car, he proposed that the leaders talk to find an off-ramp from the looming crisis over Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish territory that the American president has been publicly threatening to seize.
Trump’s campaign poses a threat not just to Greenland and Denmark but also to NATO. The day before Støre’s text, Trump had vowed to impose tariffs on a handful of European countries that had sent soldiers to the Arctic territory in a show of unity with Denmark. The Norwegian prime minister suggested to Trump that they “deescalate,” entreating him, “so much is happening around us where we need to stand together.” The message was co-signed by another Scandinavian leader, Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland.
Trump’s campaign poses a threat not just to Greenland and Denmark but also to NATO. The day before Støre’s text, Trump had vowed to impose tariffs on a handful of European countries that had sent soldiers to the Arctic territory in a show of unity with Denmark. The Norwegian prime minister suggested to Trump that they “deescalate,” entreating him, “so much is happening around us where we need to stand together.” The message was co-signed by another Scandinavian leader, Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland.
