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Donald Trump posts AI-generated map showing the United States absorbing several neighboring countries and territories

Donald Trump shared an AI-generated map on Truth Social that depicted the United States absorbing Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Iceland, and several Caribbean territories into a single landmass labeled "United States of America." The map also featured the Gulf of Mexico renamed as the "Gulf of America."

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Foreign governments responded with diplomatic pushback. Iceland summoned the US ambassador for a formal meeting, with the Icelandic foreign minister describing the post as "completely inappropriate." Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated that the people of Greenland have repeatedly expressed that they do not want to become American. Additionally, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that Mexico is a free, independent, and sovereign nation that is neither a colony nor a protectorate of another country. The map was posted without a caption and followed a series of posts by Donald Trump renaming the state of New Mexico as "New America." The post has also generated online ridicule and questions regarding his fitness for office.

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