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Trump White House

Trump Adds Greenland, Canada and Venezuela to U.S. in Post of AI-Edited Map

The president used Truth Social as part of his push to acquire Greenland.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters.

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By Hamed Ahmadi

January 20, 2026 10:31 a.m.

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President Donald Trump went on an overnight posting spree from Monday to Tuesday, including sharing an AI-edited image with an expanded U.S. map that includes Greenland, Canada and Venezuela.

The image, shared on Truth Social, appears to be an altered version of a real photo from an August 2025 meeting with European leaders, with the expanded U.S. map added behind Trump.

Trump also shared screenshots of what seem to be private messages from foreign leaders, including an apparent text from French President Emmanuel Macron that read: “I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.”

The posts come as he ramps up his demands for U.S. control of Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark. Trump says acquiring Greenland is a national security imperative and declined to say on Monday whether he would rule out using force to seize control.

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Trump has also threatened tariffs aimed at European countries as leverage and said he plans to discuss Greenland with allied leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. European officials have publicly backed Denmark and Greenland, and Greenland’s government has rejected becoming part of the United States.

Trump has tied his Greenland push to his long-running Nobel grievance. In a text message released Monday, he told Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre he no longer felt “an obligation to “think purely of Peace” after not getting the Nobel Peace Prize, and wrote: “The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.”

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STAFF_Hamed Ahmadi_MUG-500px.png Hamed Ahmadi is a reporter at The Washington Sun and an Allbritton Journalism Institute fellow.

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