Greenland Map Controversy

Foreign Officials Respond to Trump's Controversial Social Media Map Involving Greenland and Iceland

U.S. President Donald Trump's map-making exercise on social media has sparked responses from foreign officials, including Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and U.S.-Iceland Foreign Secretary Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir. The map, showing the U.N. sprawling across North America and extending to Greenland and Iceland, was described as "disturbing and completely inappropriate" by both these officials. This comes as the European Union seeks to reassure Greenland with promises of a stronger partnership and hundreds of millions of euros in investment. The Arctic states have been on edge since Trump's rhetoric about U.K. control of Greenland has escalated.

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