When I first saw a note from President Donald Trump to the prime minister of Norway popping up on social media, I thought it was fake. I’ve written about this loon of a politician for more than a decade, but surely this ornery, whining communiqué to a world leader – with Trump venting over not receiving a Nobel Peace Prize while threatening to take Greenland by any means necessary – was a prank.

Alas, it’s real. Fool me a thousand times, shame on me, I suppose.

It’s vitally important for Americans to recognize how unhinged Trump has become, so here is the full, unedited text to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre:

“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........

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