'Act of Aggression!': Trump’s Latest Online Obsession Sends Foreign Country Into a Fury, Then Its Leaders Drag in U.S. Ambassador for Answers
Iceland and Denmark condemned the post as inappropriate, and Iceland’s foreign minister summoned the U.S. ambassador for an explanation.
- Iceland's Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Gunnarsdottir summoned U.S. Ambassador Billy Long after President Donald Trump shared a map depicting Iceland as part of the "United States of America."
- The controversial image, which also labeled the Caribbean and Greenland as U.S. territory, appeared on social media over the Labor Day weekend as part of Trump's wider posting spree.
- Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen condemned the post on Tuesday, calling it "completely inappropriate" and evidence the U.S. president harbors a "maximalist vision" in his own mind.
- Social media users characterized the map as an "act of aggression," with many demanding NATO allies take a firm stand against the president's rhetoric.
- Trump's history of annexation rhetoric includes threatening Greenland earlier this year and repeatedly referring to Canada as the 51st state since retaking office.
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How a bogus map exposes 'one reason for Trump's obsession with Greenland'
On Monday, September 7, U.S. President Donald Trump published a fictional "map" on his Truth Social platform that depicted Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean as part of the "United States of America." The "map" inspired an angry outcry from Denmark and Iceland. Meanwhile, a different map debate raged in the United Nations World Assembly, and only one country voted against a UN resolution: the United States.At i…
'Act of Aggression!': Trump’s Latest Online Obsession Sends Foreign Country Into a Fury, Then Its Leaders Drag in U.S. Ambassador for Answers
A bizarre Labor Day post from President Donald Trump has set off a diplomatic firestorm and European allies are not letting it slide. The trouble […] ‘Act of Aggression!’: Trump’s Latest Online Obsession Sends Foreign Country Into a Fury, Then Its Leaders Drag in U.S. Ambassador for Answers
Donald Trump, the US president, raised the issue in a call with Bjarna Benediktsson, the then prime minister, in November 2024, whether Iceland should become the 51st state of the United States. RÚV reports on this today. Heimlidn has spoken to a person within the management system who confirms the content of the call. The call took place on 26 November 2024, four days before alþingiskonningar. Trump had then skömmu before being elected...
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naturalnews.comIceland Summons U.S. Ambassador After Trump’s Map Post Draws Diplomatic Rebuke
Iceland’s government summoned the U.S. ambassador on Tuesday, Sept. 8, after President Donald Trump posted an edited map on social media that depicted the United States absorbing Iceland, Canada, Greenland and Mexico into a single entity labeled the “United States of America.” The image shared on Truth Social without comment triggered immediate condemnation from Reykjavik, […]
Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir plans to discuss relations between Iceland and the United States with Donald Trump, the president of the United States, when she meets him in New York later this month. Hún segist gera ða krúð að fólk vrtých sovereignty and independence of the country. This was said by Kristrún in Kastljósi yesterday, when she was asked in a call between Trump and Bjarna Benediktsson, the then prime minister, skömmu for the l…
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