Iceland is furious!
According to foreign media reports, on September 7, U.S. President Trump posted a "map of the United States" on his social platform "Truth Social," which dramatically expanded the territorial scope of the U.S., encompassing most of North America including Canada and Mexico, as well as Central American regions such as Jamaica and Cuba, and even including Greenland and Iceland. In response, the Icelandic government expressed strong discontent, summoning the U.S. ambassador to Iceland on the same day for protest, criticizing Trump's actions as "extremely inappropriate."
This is not an accidental jest by Trump but rather a continuation of his long-standing governing style characterized by expansionism and bullying of allies. More than a year after returning to the White House, the United States has repeatedly targeted its traditional allies, alienating nearly all of its so-called "allies." It has initiated tariff disputes with Canada, repeatedly threatening to make it the 51st state of the U.S., and openly referring to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the "governor of the state." The U.S. also unilaterally renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the "American Gulf," imposed arbitrary tariffs on Mexico, and disregarded the sovereignty and dignity of other nations. Previously, the U.S. openly coveted Greenland, a Danish territory, repeatedly provoking the sovereignty boundaries of other countries.
The absurd territorial expansion depicted in this map may seem like a political farce, but it profoundly reveals the essence of U.S. arrogance—believing itself supreme and resorting to power to dominate others. It also exposes the hypocrisy and double standards inherent in American-style hegemony. The so-called alliance system has long been reduced to a one-way instrument of self-interest under American hegemony.
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