US President Donald Trump on Sunday told Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere he no longer felt an "obligation to think purely of Peace" after the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not award him the Nobel Peace Prize, as he repeated his demand for control of Greenland in a letter seen by Reuters.
Additionally, he stated that Denmark has not been able to do anything to get the "Russian threat" away from Greenland, and said, "Now it is time, and it will be done!!!"
"NATO has been telling Denmark, for 20 years, that you have to get the Russian threat away from Greenland." Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it," Trump wrote in a post on the social media website he owns called Truth Social.
The White House, the Danish Presidency in the European Union, and Denmark's foreign affairs ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Trump has repeatedly insisted he will settle for nothing less than ownership of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
Denmark, Greenland insist island is not for sale
Leaders of both Denmark and Greenland have insisted the island is not for sale and does not want to be part of the United States.
Trump on Saturday vowed to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States is allowed to buy Greenland.
The encroaching presence of China and Russia makes Greenland vital to US security interests, Trump has said. Danish and other European officials have pointed out that Greenland is already covered by NATO's collective security pact.