Trump declined to tell National Broadcasting Company News in an interview whether he would use force to seize Greenland.

He did reiterate his threat to hit European nations with tariffs if a deal is not reached.

Trump has intensified his push to wrest sovereignty over Greenland from fellow North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) member Denmark, prompting the European Union to weigh hitting back with its own measures.

The dispute threatens to upend the NATO alliance that has underpinned Western security for decades and which was already under strain over the war in Ukraine and Trump’s refusal to protect allies unless they increase defence spending.

Trump’s threat has rattled European industry and sent shockwaves through financial markets. Investors fear a return to the volatility of 2025’s trade war, which only eased when the sides reached tariff deals in the middle of the year.

In a text message on Sunday to Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, Trump said: “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped eight 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 US.”

–Reuters–