'We Don't Award It': Norway PM As Trump Links Nobel Prize To Greenland Threat

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store found himself in an unprecedented predicament when US President Donald Trump linked his push to acquire Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Store said he wrote back to Trump, "clearly explaining" that Nobel Prizes have nothing to do with the Norwegian government and are awarded by an independent body. 

"I have clearly explained, including to President Trump, what is well known, the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee, and not the Norwegian Government," he said in a statement, confirming he received a message from Trump after he and Finnish President Alexander Stubb contacted the US President to oppose proposed tariff hikes against several European countries.