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A map posted by Donald Trump on social media shows the American flag covering North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Greenland, and Iceland, with the entire region labeled as the 'United States of America.' The Icelandic Foreign Minister has summoned the US ambassador regarding this post.
Image posted to Truth Social by US president Donald Trump showing a map depicting North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Greenland and Iceland covered by the Stars and Stripes and labeled “United States of America”.
Image: Truth Socialposted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the American flag, local broadcaster RUV said. The map showed the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean covered by the US flag, with the entire land mass labelled “United States of America”. Iceland’s foreign minister, Thorgerdur Gunnarsdottir, called in Billy Long, the US ambassador to Iceland, who only formally took up the post last month, RUV reported.
A wickedly inventive political ad is airing in Texas as midterm elections loom The US State Department, the US embassies in Copenhagen and Reykjavik, and the US consulate in Nuuk did not immediately reply to requests for comment. The Icelandic foreign ministry also did not reply to a request for comment. Some supporters of starting talks had cited concern about US reliability as a reason to consider closer EU ties, though analysts said domestic economic concerns ultimately drove the result.
, 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.
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