President Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” in a text message released on Monday. On Saturday, Trump announced a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight nations that have rallied around Denmark and Greenland, including Norway. A boy holds a map of Greenland topped by a hairpiece symbolizing President Trump, during a protest of Trump’s policy in front of the U.S. consulate Saturday in Nuuk, Greenland. Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post Monday that the tariff threats would not change the their stance. (Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP / Getty Images)The Norwegian Nobel Committee is an independent body whose five members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 19, 2026 23:24 UTC