"This might be the simplest issue that we've ever talked about, and the idea that it's reached this point is beyond absurd, said Council on Foreign Relations' president emeritus Richard Haass. If we want to have closer security and economic ties to Greenland, there's a case for doing that let's just posit that. Just do it! Send Marco Rubio over, the Secretary of State, and have him negotiate a deal. They are willing to do it!"
"This is unprecedented, Meacham said. Because this is a kingly, pre-Glorious Revolution kind of autocracy. Where a king is his feelings are hurt because of this [Nobel] prize obsession. And so therefore, the great power of the state, the panoply of power, is going to be deployed in the service of his own and I'll just say it, emotional and I suppose political [needs]"
"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, Trump wrote in the letter. He added, I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States."
President Donald Trump sent a letter to Norway's prime minister linking U.S. strategic interests to personal resentment over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize and asserting that NATO should do more for the United States. The letter stated that the world is not secure unless the U.S. has Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Morning Joe panelists called the demand dangerous and absurd. Richard Haass urged normal diplomacy and direct negotiation with Greenland instead of tariffs or threats. Jon Meacham warned the letter reflects a desire to upend the established world order and deploy state power for personal and political aims.
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