Scott Bessent contradicted comments Trump made about the Nobel snub in a letter to Norway's leader that came to light Monday.

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."

US president says he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ in letter to Norwegian prime minister

The message was sent to the Norwegian prime minister, who has no control over how the Nobel Committee awards its prizes. Greenland is a territory of Denmark, not Norway.

The US president says he no longer feels obliged to think only of peace, after not being awarded the annual prize.

Trump told Norway’s Prime Minister that he no longer feels any “obligation to think purely of Peace” due to the Nobel Committee snub.

"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace," the president wrote in an extraordinary message to the Norwegian prime minister.

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

U.S. President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year's decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize.

President Donald Trump cited his Nobel Peace Prize snub as a justification for his push to acquire Greenland in a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere.

President Donald Trump told European leaders that one reason he has ramped up his push for the United States to acquire Greenland is because he was not awarded the Nobel Peace…

Trump says failure to receive the Nobel peace prize means he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ – key US politics stories from 19 January

President Donald Trump's bid to acquire Greenland is 'not something new,' said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking to CNBC.

Scott Bessent contradicted comments Trump made about the Nobel snub in a text to Norway's leader that came to light Monday.

Scott Bessent contradicted comments Trump made about the Nobel snub in a letter to Norway's leader that came to light Monday.

"No, I don’t care about the Nobel Prize," he said after he reportedly wrote to Norway's prime minister suggesting he targeted Greenland over the snub.

U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessant addressed reporters at a press conference at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.

<p>The treasury secretary played down criticism from European leaders of Washington's designs on Greenland.</p>

Scott Bessent’s barb against Nato ally follows claims Danish pension funds may disinvest in US government debt market