Did Norway's prime minister rip apart U.S. President Donald Trump's Nobel Peace Prize letter with red-pen corrections? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre graded and corrected a letter from the American president. Also, while the wording attributed to Trump is correct, the president's communication with Gahr Støre came via text message, not a letter. The meme appears to be a satirical treatment of the Trump text message.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) by the @HelenaGoransson account on X on Sept. 6, 2026. It read:
Norway's Prime Minister rips apart Trump's stupid letter. Love this!
Every leader that receives a letter like this from DJT should do the same.
Thanks for your attention to this matter! BRILLIANT!
This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @HelenaGoransson on X.)
Lead Stories confirmed the wording of Trump's text message to Gahr Støre in a Jan. 19, 2026, story: Fact Check: Trump DID Tell Prime Minister He Isn't Obligated To 'Think Purely Of Peace' Since Norway Denied Him The Nobel Prize -- Demands 'Complete And Total Control Of Greenland'.
On Jan. 19, 2026, a statement from the Prime Minister (archived here) was published on Norway's official government website. It said, in part, quoting Jonas Gahr Støre:
I can confirm that this is a text message that I received yesterday afternoon from President Trump. It came in response to a short text message from me to President Trump sent earlier on the same day, on behalf of myself and the President of Finland Alexander Stubb. In our message to Trump we conveyed our opposition to his announced tariff increases against Norway, Finland and select other countries. We pointed to the need to de-escalate and proposed a telephone conversation between Trump, Stubb and myself on the same day. The response from Trump came shortly after the message was sent. It was his decision to share his message with other NATO leaders.
Lead Stories reached out to the office of the prime minister on Jan. 19, 2026, and was provided the full exchange of messages, including timestamps:
Text message from Prime Minister Støre to President Trump, 18 January at 3:48 p.m.«Dear Mr President, dear Donald - on the contact across the Atlantic - on Greenland, Gaza, Ukraine - and your tariff announcement yesterday. You know our position on these issues. But we believe we all should work to take this down and de-escalate - so much is happening around us where we need to stand together. We are proposing a call with you later today - with both of us or separately - give us a hint of what you prefer! Best - Alex and Jonas»Text message from President Trump to Prime Minister Støre, 18 January at 4:15 p.m.«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»
While the Trump text that the meme depicts is accurate, there is no evidence Gahr Støre ever corrected or released such a letter. The X account of the prime minister (archived here) showed two posts for September 2026 as of Sept. 8, 2026, neither of which mentioned a corrected Trump letter. The "news and press releases" page of the Norwegian government's website (archived here) also contained no mention of it.
Lead Stories searched Google News (archived here) and Yahoo News (archived here) and found no matching reports for "Norway," "prime minister," "Nobel," "letter," and "red pen."
