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Trump Posts Map with U.S. Flag Covering Canada, Greenland and Venezuela

Trump's posts on Truth Social show AI-altered maps claiming Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela as U.S. territories amid strategic and trade tensions with allies, NORAD confirms military coordination.

  • On Jan. 20, 2026, United States President Donald Trump posted altered images on Truth Social depicting Canada, Greenland and Venezuela as U.S. territories just hours before departing for the World Economic Forum in Davos.
  • Trump framed the move as a security necessity, citing increased Russian and Chinese influence, while threatening a 10% tariff from February 1 on Danish exports.
  • The posts featured AI-manipulated images including Trump planting a U.S. flag in Greenland with Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and an altered Oval Office photo based on the Aug. 18, 2025 original White House photograph.
  • Officials signalled possible economic retaliation while NATO partners mobilised; European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU members France and Germany rejected U.S. demands, and NORAD deployed aircraft to Pituffik Space Base amid protests by Greenland demonstrators.
  • Analysts warned the images risk normalising expansionist rhetoric and that recent Venezuela actions, including the Jan. 3 operation, deepen tensions with NATO and hemispheric influence concerns.
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The U.S. purchased Louisiana for 15 million dollars from Napoleon. Florida they got through military pressure. Trump now wants to take over Greenland.

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Lean Left

Venezuela, Greenland, Canada, Gulf of Mexico... Since early 2025, the U.S. president has upset geopolitical politics with radical announcements and authoritarian positions.

·Paris, France
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Left

Starmer, Meloni and Stubb sit helplessly in the Oval Office with a map where Greenland, Venezuela and Canada belong to the USA. The world's most powerful man posted the fake picture

·Stockholm, Sweden
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Donald Trump has published on Truth Social several images generated by artificial intelligence showing the American takeover of Greenland

·France
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The Economic Times broke the news in on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
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