Trump Escalates Threats Over Greenland, Tying Territory to Nobel Snub and Trade Punishments
Amid renewed interest in asserting U.S. control over Greenland, President Trump sent messages to Norway and publicly suggested that denial of the Nobel Peace Prize freed him from focusing on peace, while his administration floated or imposed punitive trade measures on countries backing Denmark and Greenland, alarming NATO partners who likened the pressure tactics toward an allied Arctic territory—where the U.S. already operates a major base—to great-power bullying.