Democratic Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment after Trump suggested he would have been less inclined to pressure Denmark over Greenland had he received the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
“Invoke the 25th Amendment,” Markey wrote on social media, sharing an image of a New York Times report that detailed Trump linking his interest in Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Prize in a text message sent to Norwegian Prime Minister (PM) Jonas Gahr Støre.
According to the Times, Støre received a message from Trump on Sunday in which the US president bluntly stated that missing out on the Peace Prize had strengthened his resolve to pursue Greenland more aggressively, despite it being a territory of Denmark.
In the message, Trump wrote: “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 think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.”
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Peace Prize, is a private body rather than a government institution, although its members are appointed by Norway’s parliament.
Markey’s demand to remove Trump under the 25th Amendment is widely seen as unlikely to gain momentum. The process would require Vice President JD Vance and a majority of the president’s Cabinet to formally notify Congress that Trump is unable to carry out the responsibilities of his office.
If such a declaration were submitted, presidential authority would immediately be transferred to the Vice President.
Under the Amendment, Congress would then have 21 days to ratify the decision. A two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives would be needed to uphold Trump’s removal. Failing that, the president would resume his powers.