• Iceland summoned US ambassador after Trump posted a map showing the island as part of the USA.
• President Trump's map included several North American territories under the US flag.
• The foreign minister called the image "wholly inappropriate" amid rising tensions.

Iceland's foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador, Billy Long, on September 8, after President Donald Trump shared a map on social media that implied Iceland was part of the United States. Minister for Foreign Affairs Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir expressed that the image was "wholly inappropriate," highlighting diplomatic tensions regarding territorial assertions by the US, according to Le Monde and Channel News Asia.

The map posted by Trump on Truth Social depicted North America, including Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and central America, all shaded with the US flag and was labeled "United States of America." This incident exacerbated existing concerns within Iceland regarding Trump's earlier remarks about acquiring Greenland and his strained trade relationships with Canada, as noted in reports from BBC and Channel News Asia.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also criticized the map, reaffirming the steadfastness of Greenland's people and government in wanting to remain independently governed. "The Greenlandic government and the Greenlandic people have said again and again that they do not wish to be American," she emphasized, which adds further context to the diplomatic friction arising from Trump's territorial ambitions, according to BBC and Le Monde.