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The Iceland government is red-hot after President Trump posted an AI-generated image depicting the island country \u2014 as well as all of North America, Central America and the Caribbean \u2014 under Washington\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is nothing funny or normal about making fun of the sovereignty of states,\u201d Iceland\u2019s Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Gunnarsdottir told reporters Tuesday. \u201cIf this is supposed to be a joke, then it is a bad joke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gunnarsdottir further blasted the Monday morning post \u2014 which labeled the US, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and Mexico as part of the \u201cUnited States of America\u201d \u2014 as insulting and \u201cabsurd.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iceland\u2019s public broadcaster RUV reported that Gunnarsdottir had summoned recently confirmed US Ambassador Billy Long, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs telling the outlet that \u201cit was made clear at the meeting that the post was entirely inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Long himself, a former Missouri congressman, once joked that he could be governor if Iceland became a state \u2014 only to apologize for that comment earlier this year following backlash in the island country.<\/p>\n

Trump posted the altered map without explanation or any indication it was done in jest, though the president has a history of sharing such content to troll his critics. He has also repeatedly suggested annexing Canada and Greenland \u2014 with the White House refusing to rule out military force in the latter case, unnvering European nations. <\/p>\n

Until Monday, Trump had never intentionally floated the possibility of acquiring Iceland, though he appeared to mix up Iceland and Greenland, the latter of which is owned by Denmark, in remarks earlier this year,<\/p>\n

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The State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also issued a blast toward Washington in response to the president\u2019s post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Greenlandic government and the Greenlandic people have said again and again that they do not want to be American,\u201d Frederiksen told Danish news outlet Ritzau.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope no one is in any doubt about that, either in the United States or the rest of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Truth Social post also rankled Canada, which is in the middle of an escalating trade war with the US after tariff talks broke down last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be clear,\u201d Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre said during a Monday press conference, \u201call Canadians stand united in denouncing the President\u2019s unacceptable tweets, trolling and tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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