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Iceland summons U.S. ambassador for Trump's social media post

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Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador after President Donald Trump posted an image online showing all of North America covered in the USA flag.

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  1. The Hill

    Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump post showing American flag covering island (opens The Hill)

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    Iceland’s government called in the U.S. ambassador on Monday after President Trump posted a map showing the Nordic nation blanketed by the American flag. Trump, who has previously pushed to take over Greenland and Canada, posted an image to Truth Social of the American flag stretching across North A…

  2. Financial Times

    Iceland summons US ambassador over Trump’s Stars and Stripes map (opens Financial Times)

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    Post showed US flag covering Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Iceland and other nations

  3. UPI

    Iceland summons U.S. ambassador for Trump's social media post (opens UPI)

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    Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador after President Donald Trump posted an image online showing all of North America covered in the USA flag.

  4. NOTUS

    Iceland Summons U.S. Ambassador for a Rebuke Over Trump’s Truth Social Post (opens NOTUS)

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    Billy Long had been forced to apologize for an earlier joke he made calling Iceland the “52nd state.”

  5. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Iceland summons U.S. ambassador over provocative Trump map (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Iceland’s leaders on Tuesday publicly condemned a social media post from President Donald Trump showing the American flag covering their nation along with Greenland, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean states.

  6. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump posts map showing island under American flag (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    COPENHAGEN — Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday after President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the American flag, local broadcaster RUV said.

  7. West Hawaii Today

    Iceland summons US ambassador over provocative Trump map (opens West Hawaii Today)

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    A day after summoning the U.S. ambassador for a formal rebuke, Iceland’s leaders on Tuesday publicly condemned a social media post from President Donald Trump showing the American flag covering their nation along with Greenland, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean states.

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