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Iceland summons US ambassador to protest Trump map

From Clarín · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Iceland summoned the US ambassador after Donald Trump posted a map showing Mexico, Canada, Greenland, Iceland and Caribbean islands under US flag colors.
  • Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir said Iceland made clear that the post was completely unacceptable.
  • The dispute follows an earlier controversy in which US Ambassador Billy Long reportedly joked about Iceland becoming the “52nd state.”

Iceland summoned the US ambassador after Donald Trump posted a map on Truth Social showing Mexico, Canada, Greenland, Iceland and Caribbean islands covered in the colors of the US flag.

It was made clear to him in the meeting that the post was completely unacceptable.

· Þorgerður Katrín GunnarsdóttirIceland’s foreign minister described the government’s message to the US ambassador.

Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir told public broadcaster RÚV that Iceland made its position clear during the meeting. “It was made clear to him in the meeting that the post was completely unacceptable,” she said.

the governor of the 52nd state

· Billy LongThe reported private remark about Iceland prompted an earlier request for explanations from the Icelandic government.

Trump posted the map without a comment, one day after suggesting on the same social network that the US state of New Mexico should be renamed “New America.” The suggestion echoed his claim concerning the “Gulf of America.”

New America

· Donald TrumpTrump suggested the name for the US state of New Mexico in a Truth Social post.

The Icelandic government had already sought explanations from the United States several months earlier after reports that Billy Long, Trump’s nominee for ambassador in Reykjavík, privately told members of the House of Representatives that he was ready to become “the governor of the 52nd state.” Long was eventually appointed ambassador and apologized, saying the remark had been a joke.

Gulf of America

· Donald TrumpThe phrase was cited in connection with Trump’s earlier naming claim.
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