Trump: 'No obligation for think purely of peace' in Greenland

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00:00President Trump shot a text over to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Garstor this week.

00:05It has some, especially in Europe, a bit concerned. The text, first reported by PBS

00:11and confirmed by The Post, reads, quote, considering your country decided not to give

00:16me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped eight wars plus, I no longer feel an obligation to think

00:23purely of peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is

00:28good and proper for the United States of America. What's good and proper in the president's

00:34estimation is Greenland. And it's that last bit there about not thinking purely of peace that has

00:40raised the hackles of some world leaders. Trump went on to argue, as he has in the past, that

00:45Greenland cannot defend itself from Russia and China, which makes it a national security threat

00:50to the U.S. Now, the Norwegian Prime Minister and his Finnish counterpart, Alexander Stubb,

00:55replied to Trump, suggesting a call to try to de-escalate tensions.

00:59Now, as of Monday evening, it was unclear whether such a call took place.