In my opinion the decisions and announcements of the US administration in 2025, their active alignment with Putin’s interests and the systematic realization of the disruptive steps written down in the “Project 2025” of an anti-democratic movement in the US spoke for themselves. The showed,among other things, a growing disinterest of The Donald both in Nato in general and in a proper defense of Ukraine (and Europe) against Russia in particular. They also showed The Donald’s hate against the EU and a total lack of both knowledge and understanding of European history.

But the latest events and in particular the news of this morning (01/19/2026) deserve a direct, sarcastic comment.

In Norway people mock the screeches of seagulls by “Skall ha, skall ha, …” (Must have, must have, …)

Well, this may have got a new meaning in the context of The Donald’s ambitions.

I live some months every year in Norway. While Norway, unfortunately, is no member of the EU, Norway and Germany share a lot of the same values. Norway, undoubtedly, has always had and cultivated strong and pragmatic political, economic and military relations with the US, GB and the EU. The balance of mutual interests has certainly been a complicated job for all of the Norwegian administrations in the last two decades. It has been a job which required and requires a clear strategic mind and respect for the interests of other nations and their governments.

Norwegians are friendly and tough people at the same time. You have to earn their trust and friendship – and you can loose it quickly when you play egoistic games. So, for me today’s morning with its incoming news from local and international information networks got interesting. It came with an experience of many Norwegian people shaking their heads in disbelief and dismay (to say it mildly).

The headline on the morning news was the letter of a rather old, apparently often tired, unfocused and seemingly handicapped, though mighty man – namely Mr Trump – to the Norwegian Prime Minister.

In my experience the Norwegian government normally handles inter-governmental thought exchanges carefully and discretely. So, the direct confirmation by the Norwegian administration of both having received this letter and of the letter’s contents tells you something. It tells you something about the disturbance the letter created, the eye-brow-lifting about the letter’s more than dumb contents and the anger about the disrespect Trump shows for state and government independent organizations of a mature democratic society.

The Norwegian committee for Nobel’s peace price can be criticized for its decisions. But make no mistake about it: The Norwegians are proud of the committee’s independence. For them it is a pillar of civilization – and respect for its decisions is the minimum attitude required for constructive criticism.

So, with this background, can you imagine the reaction of my Norwegian family and friends to a letter, which under normal circumstances would be characterized as written by a frustrated, miffed and obviously incoherently thinking, but totally egocentric brain of an immature bully? I tested this diagnosis this morning with a psychologist …

But let the letter of The Donald speak for itself. Quotation from the published letter to Prime MInister Jonas Gahr Støre:

“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”

The letter shows how the brain of The Donald is working. Striking, in my opinion, is the lack of proper education, the ignorance of historic facts, the lack of diplomacy. The message is: I did not get what I wanted. It is your fault. I shall punish you now by turning away from peace. I want Greenland and I will get it.

A normal person would feel embarrassed if some statements like the quoted ones, which he or she had uttered in a bad mood, had been published. So, my question to the American people is:

Is this really the best that your nation has to offer as a leader? Is this a man of honor? A man, who threatens allies and at the same time invites autocrats like Putin and Erdogan to a so called “Board of Peace”? A man who demands 1 billion dollars for a membership in a board that, if he got his will, should replace the UN?

Regarding the seagull and its screeching once again:

An interesting question came up during today’s late breakfast here in Norway with some friends – and news from NRK, BBC, CNN and ARD running in the background:

How many more brain cells than a seagull would a person need to utter the contents of the letter quoted above?

In my experience a very small LLM would have done the job more elegantly …