What subsequent contacts, if any, between Jonas Gahr Støre and President Trump were confirmed after the initial text exchange?
Executive summary
After the initial weekend text exchange between President Donald Trump and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Norwegian officials say they proposed a same‑day telephone call; the reporting released so far confirms the proposal and a prompt written response from Mr. Trump but does not document any completed phone call or further direct, two‑way contact between the two leaders beyond that exchange [1] [2] [3].
1. The immediate aftermath: a proposed phone call and Trump’s prompt reply
Norway’s prime minister publicly stated that he and Finland’s president proposed a telephone conversation “later today” to de‑escalate tensions, and that President Trump’s response “came shortly after the message was sent,” a timeline provided in the official statement released by Støre’s office [1]; Reuters and other outlets published the full text exchange showing Støre (signed “Alex and Jonas”) proposing the call and Mr. Trump replying within the same window [2] [3].
2. What the documents and public statements confirm — and what they don’t
The primary public record released by Norway contains the outgoing message proposing the call and the incoming message from Mr. Trump tying his Greenland pressure to a perceived Nobel Peace Prize “snub” [4] [3]. Those releases confirm the proposal for a phone call and the quick written response, but none of the cited reporting provides a confirmed transcript, schedule, or readout of any subsequent telephone conversation between the president and the Norwegian prime minister [1] [2].
3. Broader dissemination of Trump’s message: NSC forwarding and leaders being informed
Reporting indicates the Trump message was not confined to the Støre inbox: multiple outlets and fact‑checks report that White House or NSC staff circulated the message to European ambassadors and other leaders, meaning the content of the reply was shared more widely even if a direct follow‑up call with Støre was not publicly confirmed [5] [6]. Norway’s prime minister also criticized the president’s linkage of Greenland to the Nobel issue, framing it as a rebuke after the exchange [7].
4. Media corroboration and consistent gaps across outlets
Major outlets — Reuters, The New York Times, BBC, NPR, The Washington Post and others — published the texts and Støre’s statement proposing a call and describing Trump’s rapid reply, but consistently stop short of confirming any completed, subsequent real‑time communication such as a phone conversation or an in‑person meeting that followed this particular exchange [2] [3] [4] [8]. Where reporting goes beyond the texts, it documents circulation of Trump’s message by U.S. officials or public rebukes by Støre rather than a recorded bilateral call [5] [7].
5. Alternative readings and implicit agendas in the coverage
Different outlets stress different elements — some foreground the dramatic language about Greenland and the Nobel Prize [3] [9], others the diplomatic effort to de‑escalate and the proposed call [1] [10] — which reflects editorial choices about what is salient. Norway’s official release emphasizes the outreach to de‑escalate and notes Trump chose to share his reply with other NATO leaders, an implicit claim that the U.S. side amplified the text beyond a private one‑to‑one conversation [1].
6. Bottom line: confirmed subsequent contacts after the texts
Based on the documents and reporting released publicly and cited here, what is confirmed is the Støre/Stubb proposal for a same‑day telephone conversation and a near‑immediate written reply from President Trump; what is not confirmed in the available reporting is that a follow‑up phone call or other direct bilateral contact between Prime Minister Støre and President Trump actually took place after that exchange [1] [2] [3].