The president revealed his motivation in a text message to Norway's Prime Minister, who has no say over Nobel awards.

Trump for months has insisted that the U.S. should control Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark.

The president also reportedly said that since he did not win a Nobel Peace Prize, "I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace."

Donald Trump claimed to deserve the peace prize for mediating ceasefire agreements