<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Over the weekend, </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/19/europe-trump-greenland-alliance-trade-war/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">President Donald Trump sent an unusual text to the prime minister</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> of Norway.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">The two leaders had been messaging about Greenland – specifically, </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/17/trump-greenland-europe-tariffs/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Trump’s threats to impose tariffs</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> on European countries opposed to the United States taking over the autonomous Danish territory.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in a statement that he had been trying to de-escalate the situation. President Trump responded by linking his insistence on taking over Greenland to </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/16/us-trump-venezuela-machado-nobel-peace-prize-gift/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">his grievance over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> – bestowed yearly by the Nobel Committee in Norway.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Today on “Post Reports,” London bureau chief Steve Hendrix joins host Martine Powers with the latest on Trump’s bid for Greenland, how it all comes back to his perceived Peace Prize snub, and </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/20/trump-davos-greenland-europe-denmark/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">how his obsession is starting</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/18/greenland-trump-tariffs-europe/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">to have a real impact on geopolitics</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Today’s show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was edited by Dennis Funk and mixed by Sean Carter.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Subscribe to The Washington Post </span><a href="https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?s_l=OFFSITE_PODCAST&amp;p=s_v&amp;s_dt=yearly&amp;utm%5B%E2%80%A6%5De-podcast&amp;utm_medium=acq-nat&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-subs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">.</span></p>