‘Dear Donald’: Texts between Norwegian PM and Trump in fullpublished at 15:36 GMT
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Norway’s PM Jonas Gahr Store (L) pictured in the White House last April with US President Donald Trump (R)
Earlier, we shared part of the text exchange between Donald Trump and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre. The BBC has now received the full version, after it was released under Norwegian freedom of information law.
The message Jonas Støre sent was on behalf of himself and the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb.
Here’s the exchange:
Message from Støre to Trump, 18 January at 15:48:
Dear Mr President, dear Donald – on the contact across the Atlantic – on Greenland, Gaza, Ukraine – and your tariff announcement yesterday.
You know our position on these issues. But we believe we all should work to take this down and de-escalate – so much is happening around us where we need to stand together.
We are proposing a call with you later today – with both of us or separately – give us a hint of what you prefer!
Best – Alex and Jonas
Message from Trump to Støre, 18 January at 16:15:
Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.
Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States.
The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT