08 September,2026 07:26 PM IST | Washington | mid-day online correspondent
The map showed the US, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, and the Caribbean coloured in with the US flag. PIC/X
US President Donald Trump has sparked fury after posting a map that seemingly showed Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, and the Caribbean as part of the United States, prompting Iceland to summon the US Ambassador over the "wholly inappropriate" image, news agency AFP reported.
The post on Monday was the latest in a series of images shared by Trump featuring outlandish territorial designs. It came amid a flurry of around 100 messages on his Truth Social platform over the Labor Day weekend.
The map showed the US, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, and the Caribbean coloured in with the US flag. The entire landmass was labelled "United States of America", and the image was posted without any further explanation.
Trump unleashed his posts at a breakneck pace, with around 60 on Sunday alone and 37 in 10 hours on Monday, according to an AFP count, relying on artificial intelligence.
The US President also posted a cartoon of himself playing in an ice hockey match against Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
In the image, Trump tells Carney, who is lying on the ice: "Get up governor."
Canada is locked in a trade war with Washington, with retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars in US products taking effect Tuesday.
Trump has also repeatedly claimed that Canada should become the 51st US state.
In another post, an image showed Trump receiving George Washington in the Oval Office.
Iceland's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it had summoned the US Ambassador after Trump posted the map that seemingly showed the island as part of the US.
"Minister for Foreign Affairs, Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir, summoned the US Ambassador yesterday to convey a clear message that the image was wholly inappropriate," the ministry said in a statement to AFP.
Iceland relies on Washington for its security as the subarctic island has not had a military since gaining independence in 1944.
It is a founding member of NATO and has a 1951 bilateral defence agreement with the United States.
Trump's repeated threats to take control of Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory located fewer than 300 kilometres (185 miles) from Iceland, and his trade showdown with Canada have already rattled Iceland.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told media late Monday that "the Greenlandic government and the Greenlandic people have said again and again that they do not wish to be American."
"We can certainly repeat that message today," she told news agency Ritzau, commenting on the map while on a visit to Greenland.
(With AFP inputs)
