NATO is facing difficult times due to the crisis over Greenland, but Western allies must remember their common adversary is Russia, which is increasing its military presence in the Arctic, Norway's defence minister said on Wednesday.

Trump has long said he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who recently won the prize for her fight for democracy, gave her prize medal to Trump. But the Norwegian Nobel Committee said the award can’t be revoked, shared or transferred.

US President Donald Trump's purported letter to the Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas linked the Nobel Prize to Greenland.

President Donald Trump has posted private text messages from the head of NATO and France's president to the U.S. President, shortly after Norway's leader confirmed a leaked exchange did show tense correspondence between the Republican and NATO leaders.

Norway was told by Trump that Greenland should be handed over to the US because of what President Trump has done for NATO

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre found himself in the unlikely position on Sunday of joining fellow NATO allies in opposing their biggest ally of all, the United States. Støre had already called US President Donald Trump’s new threats tied to a US takeover of Greenland “unacceptable,” adding that they “have no place among allies.”

President demands control of Greenland in letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, citing Nobel Peace Prize snub and NATO contributions as justification.

Trump tells Norway's Jonas Gahr Støre denied Nobel frees U.S.-first focus, demands NATO hand over Greenland amid Russia threats and tariff plans on 8 allies. Denmark rejects blackmail; Europe eyes retaliation.

Trump’s letter culminates in perhaps its most extraordinary claim: “The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.” No serious strategic doctrine supports this idea. The U.S. does not control every region vital to global stability, nor could it.

Let me begin by quoting, in full, a letter that the president of the United States of America sent yesterday to the prime minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre. The text was forwarded by the White House National Security Council to ambassadors in Washington, and was clearly intended to be widely shared. Here it is:

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