HELSINKI—Amidst mounting tension over U.S. ambitions in the Arctic, former president Donald Trump shocked European leaders Monday by refusing to rule out a military invasion of Greenland and suggesting the Nobel committee reward his “visionary real estate mindset.”

“Look, everyone wants Greenland. I just happen to want it more, and I have the best nuclear arsenal,” Trump told reporters as he unveiled a campaign-branded iceberg sculpture. “If Denmark cares so much, maybe they should have put a wall around it.”

White House aides confirmed Trump has spent the last week furiously googling “how to annex an island” and “what is Greenland, exactly?”

“It worked for Louisiana,” said top advisor Marjorie Pillow. “And if the French could sell the Midwest for a nickel, I don’t see the problem here. Frankly, it’s suspicious Denmark hasn’t tried to sell us anything since.”

The Danish government responded with a strongly-worded email and a photo of a polar bear giving a middle finger. “We are not a Taco Bell drive-thru,” said acting Prime Minister Freja Knudsen. “You cannot just pull up and order a country to go.”

Trump went on to clarify that any invasion would be conducted “as peacefully as possible—think more Mar-a-Lago than Normandy.” He also accused the Nobel Prize committee of “colluding with Denmark to deny me the Peace Prize for my thoughts about peace.”

Despite rebukes from world leaders, Trump remained undeterred: “I won’t stop until every American has the right to their own glacier. That’s what makes America great.”

As Trump awaits his next Nobel nomination, sources say he’s moved on to eyeing Iceland, citing its “potential for beachfront condos.”