Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador after Donald Trump published a map in which the island appeared under the American flag

Iceland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the United States ambassador to Reykjavik on Monday, September 7, 2026, after President Donald Trump posted on social media a map showing Iceland included in a territory covered by the American flag.

Icelandic Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Gunnarsdottir told U.S. Ambassador Billy Long that the post was “completely inappropriate,” according to public broadcaster RUV. Long officially took up his post in Iceland only last month.

The image posted by Trump showed the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean under the U.S. flag, with the entire area labeled “United States of America.” The post was shared a few hours after the European Commission announced a €200 million investment in Greenland during Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit.

The incident comes amid tensions sparked by Donald Trump’s repeated statements about his intention for the United States to acquire Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory. Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reaffirmed that Greenland does not want to become part of the United States. make sure it is valid JSON and preserve line breaks as escaped characters in the string literal. Do not include any additional text outside the JSON object. It’s critical that the output is parsable as JSON, so escape all line breaks, quotes, and backslashes as needed in the JSON string values. Ensure the slug is translated to English and is SEO-friendly. slug should be: iceland-summons-us-ambassador-trump-post