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Trump links Greenland demands to Nobel Prize

Trump links his demand to takeover Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

President Trump has linked his demand to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize last year. In a message to Norway's prime minister, he blamed the Norwegian government for the decision not to give him the prize, even though the award is made by an independent committee.

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(Picture: U.S. President, Donald Trump and Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Stoere. Credit: REUTERS)

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