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Dear Ambassador:

President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]

“Dear Jonas: 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”

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[–] socsa@piefed.social 13 points 9 hours ago

Every single 12 year old I know is more emotionally mature than the US president and it isn't even close.

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 32 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Aside from the horrible implications of this letter. Can we address his writing style? For a man who was educated at the insitutions he attended, he sure doesn't show it. I know we are accustomed to reading his tweets, but Jesus Christ this is embarassing.

It appears he is just dictating letters to heads of state and not even having anyone give it a once over before slapping it on the white house letterhead and sending it.

These are the meandering thoughts of a lunatic.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

I'd assume he "graduated" because of his father's donations being tied to his graduation, not due to academic prowess

[–] TwodogsFighting 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

He has the writing style of a small sociopathic child with a severe head injury.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Oh, he's saying it's THEIR FAULT he doesn't want peace anymore?

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago

an WE were the snowflakes who wanted a prize for everything

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 15 points 15 hours ago

"DON'T MAKE ME HIT YOU!"
{smack}
"NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE MADE ME DO!"

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Have you won a Nobel? Neither have I- we both started 0 wars, and ended 0. (Score (0/0)

Henry Kissenger got his for negotiating the end of the Vietnam war- a war he had a part in begining and maintaining. Likewise with Arafat and Rabin's 94 award for the Oslo accords- despite being partisans. (1/1) each, arguably more for kissenger, like 20/1

Well, DJ's record proves it- hes ended 8+ wars! but as of the most recent award, had started 0, for a score of (0/8) And that didn't get him a peace prize. Clearly the ONLY way to get a peace prize is to not only end wars, but to start wars so they can be ended.

This is an oversite on his part which he is seeking to rectify in both Venezuela and Greenland, and hes notifying the government of Norway to ensure future recognition

After all, from the committee's perspective it makes sense; if too many people end wars they didnt start, eventually, we'll run out of wars and then there will be no more wars for people to end, and the Nobel peace prize committee will be out of a job!

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 50 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I've known six year old children to have more maturity than this. "I'm going to invade Greenland because I didn't get a Nobel Peace Prize" is what this boils down to.

A literal child is in charge of the most powerful single country in the world.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago

Plus the fat paedo would've still done the exact same thing even if they 'awarded' it to him. It's all distraction and projection.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 19 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Quick someone tell him no other president in history has ever immolated themselves. We might get lucky.

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[–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 19 hours ago

The fact that any person reads this letter and thinks: "Wow, he is such a good diplomat, I am glad this man is in charge!" deeply troubles me.

This is some third grader shit.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 134 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Every day his stupidity surprises me more than the last.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 41 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (4 children)

The only correct response is "WE DON'T NEGOTIATE WITH PEDOPHILES", then refuse all communications with the Trump regime. Narcissists are empowered with attention and recognition, so deny them both. Trump and the entire Republican Nazi party will never relinquish power, and will not be neutralised without violence. The Democrat parties majority are financed by the exact same criminally corrupt psychopath elite; they did not release the files either, to protect their wealthy pedophile donors. They are a controlled opposition who have consistently blocked or delayed legitimate progress whenever they've had full control.

The goal should be to implode America's domestic economy ASAP so the average American suffers the consequences of their own ignorant imperial boomerang and, hopefully, does something about it; containing future violence within US borders. Isolate them and let them deal with the consequences while their cancerous influence is purged from our own economies and politics.

But... all our political classes are also oligarch-financed-bootlickers who grovel at the feet of capital, so they'll continue to protect and defend nazis, pedophiles, psychopaths, narcissists, and authoritarianism, in general— allow their continued corporate-oligarch infiltration and corruption of our democracies — on behalf of their own greed and egomania in service to the almighty dollar.

I have zero doubt multiple EU members have copies of the files, and have known Trump is an intelligence-protected pedo for longer than he's been politically relevant. Late stage capitalist oligarchy is one big club of unlimited greed and narcissism, and we ain't in it.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 19 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

LOL, that's the pettiest shit I've ever read.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Keep expectations low, he'll probably beat the pettiness within a few weeks. Just describing the current president of the US. If this was the 90s it'd be an SNL skit, in 2026 it's just just accurate.

[–] zwerg@feddit.org 83 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Aside from the actual message he is sending, this level of English is what I would expect from a 7 year old.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 16 hours ago

It's the level his voters understand

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 39 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

The fuck is the Norwegian prime minister to do with that load of shit? He's not even on the committee.

Apparently Trump doesn't even know what the fuck the Nobel prize is.

[–] vodka@feddit.org 20 points 17 hours ago

From what the various people who have explained to him how it works says, it seems that he does know.

He just doesn't understand why the Norwegian government won't be corrupt and influence it, because to him that's an obvious thing you'd do when you have power and influence.

[–] CharlesDarwin1809@piefed.world 9 points 16 hours ago

Remember that Trump doesn't care about rules. He thinks that any leader has absolute power within the territory they control. So he thinks the prime minister of Norway should have personally ensured that Trump received the Nobel peace prize.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 18 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] hector@lemmy.today 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Is this a real picture, who is that giving him what?

[–] SupahRevs@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago

Definitely not a real picture. This is Milli Vanilli, who won a grammy in 1990 for best new group. They were then caught lipsyncing and it turned out their recorded songs were sung by different people too. One of the members passed away in 1998 of an overdose.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 66 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

After the child rapist in chief is dead (hopefully, soon), does anyone in that shit country expect we take them seriously when they talk to the world after the complete shitshow Mango Hitler is doing?

I mean, this is something I expect from a toddler that has zero negotiation skills but not from the fucking president of a superpower.

If he was the president of a less armed country, the world would be laughing at him openly

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 39 points 22 hours ago (10 children)

As someone (unfortunately) in the US, I fully expect the reputation of the US to be ruined for the rest of my life. I'm lucky to be in a decently progressive (by US standards) state, but I really would rather be anywhere but here in the US. We are fucked.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 39 points 21 hours ago (9 children)

He thinks he stopped 8 wars? Which 8 wars?

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 27 points 21 hours ago

He stopped them so early you haven't even heard of them! /s

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 14 hours ago

He takes credit for any skirmishes that subsided during his presidency even when he had nothing to do with them. And he hallucinates a few too.

[–] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

His latest addition to his list of wars "ended" is the two-year conflict between Israel and Hamas.

The other seven were between Israel and Iran, Pakistan and India, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thailand and Cambodia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Serbia and Kosovo.

Most of these were few day long conflicts. Egypt and Ethiopia were not in war, they had decate long disagreement about a damn, and USA helped to mediate it. By my understandment Trump was not even part of the mediation.

Also if these count then he should say he has ended 9 wars because the military situation in Venezuela ended in few hours.

Trump saying he stopped wars is like me saying i saved a childs live today when i decited to not kill them.

[–] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 13 points 18 hours ago

They live in Canada, you wouldn't know them.

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[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

If you don't give me a peace prize I'm going to give you a reason to not give me a peace prize

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 17 points 18 hours ago

I'm not sure it's even possible for me to cringe harder at this point

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago

Trump is such a fucking loser

[–] cjk@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

?? the Nobel prize is a Swedish prize? And he writes to a Norwegian politician about Greenland, belonging to Denmark? Did I get this right?

[–] skibidi@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

The peace prize is awarded by a Norwegian committee, the other prizes are awarded by Swedish committees.

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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago

Fucking insanity as he tries to outdo himself in being fucking outrageous EVERY DAMN DAY to the point of not only pissing off everyone, but also giving others something to be entertained about... I can only imagine the laughter coming out of Kremlin.

Norway. The country which once managed to destroy a brand-new enemy battleship with guns and torpedoes never used in decades.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 35 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

How does this guy even manage to put on his pants in the morning?

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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 25 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Glancing over the rest of the comments, I don't see somebody explicitly pointing out how we know Trump is full of shit and also dumb as shit in this letter.

First, he campaigned on "America First," so he never felt an obligation to think "purely" of peace. It's just a lie.

Second, he's outright saying that he previously was giving the Nobel Prize committee an insane amount of control over American foreign policy because he wanted to be a Nobel Peace Prize. This is a dumb as shit thing to admit.

Third, is it Russia or China who we're worried about taking over Greenland? Does Trump not understand that these are two different countries? Surely if he is working on some sort of intel, he'd specifically choose one of them to be worried about. I think this demonstrates that there's no real intel about this, and he's simply lying.

Fourth, why isn't he waiting until Russia or China actually do something? If they actually did something militarily in Greenland, then America could swoop in and save the day. And then, he'd also have some actual reasoning behind statements that he could use to justify taking control of Greenland.

Also, NATO has done tons of stuff for the US. Why does America have the largest military budget in the world? It's because America has chosen to maintain military presence all over the world. NATO has always supported American foreign policy.

Everything Trump is saying in this letter reeks of bullshit.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

That sounds a lot like a manipulative abusive husband. Oh wait he literally is.

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