Iceland Summons U.S. Ambassador After Trump Posts Map Showing Island Under American Flag

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U.S. President Donald Trump's map showing Iceland under U.S. flag.

Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday after President Donald Trump posted an image on social media depicting Iceland and several other countries under the American flag, Icelandic broadcaster RÚV reported.

The map showed the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean covered by the U.S. flag, with the entire landmass labelled ‘United States of America’.

Trump shared the image on his Truth Social platform without providing an explanation for the post.

Iceland's Foreign Minister, Thorgerdur Gunnarsdottir, called in Billy Long, the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, who only formally took ⁠up the post last month, RUV reported.

"The position was clearly expressed that the post was completely inappropriate," the foreign ministry told RUV.

Trump's assertions in recent years that the U.S. must acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, sparked tensions between Washington and Copenhagen, both founding NATO members, and ‌more ⁠broadly across Europe.

Iceland last month voted against reopening EU membership talks in a referendum where Trump's designs on Greenland had featured as a backdrop.

Trump's post came hours after the European Commission announced a €200 million ($232.50 million) investment in Greenland during a visit by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Danish Prime Minister Mette ⁠Frederiksen, speaking to Danish news agency Ritzau in Nuuk, said the message from Greenland's government and people had been consistent.

"The Greenlandic government and the Greenlandic people have ⁠said again and again that they do not want to be American," she said. "I hope no one is in any doubt about that, either in the United States or the rest of the world."

Source: Reuters



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