President Donald Trump’s bizarre and threatening letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has sent shockwaves across the globe, prompting analysts, journalists and political commentators to openly question whether the president had suffered “some sort of serious mental breakdown....

Contents of said letter from daily beast: https://archive.is/YFBK3#selection-773.0-779.748

“Dear Jonas,” the president wrote to Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre. “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.”

  • banazir@lemmy.ml
    37·
    11 days ago

    It’s almost cute, he’s angry at Norway for not awarding him with a prize that Norway doesn’t even give out. Truly a great mind of our time.

    • Laser@feddit.org
      141·
      11 days ago

      In accordance with Nobel’s will, the prize is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway unlike all the other awards chosen by the Swedish Nobel Committee. The prize award ceremony has been held in Oslo City Hall since 1990

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize

      So it’s not completely out of whack (just very much so), at least not more than sending that letter to Sweden

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
      54·
      11 days ago

      Tbf, the most that most Americans know of Norway is Ikea, Swedish Fish, and the Swedish Chef from muppets.

      Forget Norway.

      Now, Kenya on the other hand…Kenya Kenya Kenya…

      • ZC3rr0r@piefed.caEnglish
        6·
        11 days ago

        As someone from Sweden I always assumed they meant our wild variety of weird fish dishes when USA Americans joked about Swedish fish. But no, it’s of course a candy. Really goes to show my overestimation of the average USA American’s familiarity with foreign cuisines.

        • B-TR3E@feddit.org
          1·
          10 days ago

          This could be cured by a public demonstration of Røttenstønkøren or what ever that infamous, “aromatic” canned fish is called.

          • ZC3rr0r@piefed.caEnglish
            2·
            10 days ago

            You mean our glorious fermented fish - Surströmming. If so, I propose we send several cans to each person involved in this administrarion. Daily. Set to open the minute they enter the building.

            (Pro tip: Swedish doesn’t use the Danish/Norwegian ø, we write ö to express the same sound)

          • ZC3rr0r@piefed.caEnglish
            2·
            10 days ago

            Not really. I think I may have seen them in stores once or twice, but in the tradition of picking from a large wall of candy every Saturday, I don’t think I ever saw them in any bin.

      • B-TR3E@feddit.org
        2·
        10 days ago

        Am I missing the joke? IKEA is Swedish which is “almost the same” ( not America, fish, strange language, somewhere in northern Europe, Eskimos and Penguins [both wrong, but who cares?]) as Norway but still not really the same.

        • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
          31·
          10 days ago

          No that’s the joke. To Americans…Denmark, Norway, and Sweden may as well be one country.

          I always get Sweden and Switzerland confused but that’s mainly because of the alliteration. I gotta think twice about where my cheese comes from.

      • quilan@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 days ago

        Norway? More like Snoreway… Kenya’s where the giraffes are, and the zebra; Kenya believe it?