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Iceland condemns Trump’s post showing island under American flag
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Key Points:
- Iceland strongly condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's social media post showing a map with the American flag covering Iceland and several other countries, calling it "completely unacceptable."
- The image, posted on Truth Social, depicted the U.S., Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean under the Stars and Stripes without any accompanying comment.
- Iceland's Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Gunnarsdottir summoned U.S. Ambassador Billy Long to express Iceland's opposition, emphasizing that the incident was not a joke and affirming solidarity with Greenland against U.S. annexation threats.
- The controversy follows Trump's previous suggestions about renaming the U.S. state of New Mexico to "New America" and his ongoing interest in controlling Greenland for national security reasons.
- A White House spokesperson had not provided a comment on the matter as of Wednesday morning.
