Trump Posts Map Annexing Canada, Mexico, Greenland
Trump Posts Map Annexing Canada, Mexico, Greenland

The News
President Trump posted a map on Truth Social on Monday morning showing the American flag spread over Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Iceland and multiple countries in Central America and the Caribbean, escalating a second term already marked by talk of territorial takeovers.
The Hill reported the flag pattern covered most of North America plus Iceland and Caribbean islands.
No policy proposal, executive action or diplomatic statement accompanied the post.
Criticism came from both the left and the right — Mediaite reported conservative pundits called out the hypocrisy of a president who campaigned on hardening the U.S.-Mexico border now posting a map that erases it.
Timeline
Trump runs a series of posts on Truth Social, including other maps and images produced with artificial intelligence, according to Asia Times, which republished the Common Dreams report. The run includes the renaming of Lake Ontario and a suggestion that New Mexico be called "New America."
Trump posts the map showing the U.S. flag over the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico and countries in Central America and the Caribbean.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum posts a sovereignty statement in Spanish without naming Trump or the map.
Political Wire, citing Mediaite, reports the map has "sparked criticism on both sides of the aisle."
The Washington Times reports the posts taunting America's neighbors are drawing backlash from Mexican and Canadian leaders.
Reactions
Sheinbaum, writing in Spanish: "We reaffirm that Mexico neither is nor will be a colony or protectorate of any foreign country. Proudly we are a free, independent, and sovereign nation."
Rep. Jonathan Jackson, an Illinois Democrat, said of the post: "This is unacceptable."
Carl Bildt, co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations and a former prime minister of Sweden, asked what the reaction would be if Xi Jinping posted a map of China absorbing all of East Asia or Vladimir Putin one of Russia absorbing Western Europe: "It would have been seen as either insane or dangerous — or both."
Amy McGrath, a retired Marine fighter pilot and former Democratic Senate candidate in Kentucky, asked: "What would we do and say if the Chinese president posted a map of China taking over the Western Pacific?"
Progressive influencer Harry Sisson, cataloging the weekend's posts, called for Trump's removal from office: "This man is unwell. 25th Amendment NOW."
Democratic strategist Michelle Kinney argued the map should be read literally: "As always, he is telling us what the plan is. We must take it seriously."
On the right, Mediaite reported pundits attacked the inconsistency of Trump wanting to erase the border he spent years campaigning to fortify. Mediaite headlined its piece with one critic's description of the president: "Giant Baby."
What's Next
Neither Ottawa nor Mexico City has issued a formal diplomatic response to the map itself, and the White House has not said whether it reflects any active policy goal.
The open question is whether Canada and Mexico answer through official channels or let Sheinbaum's sovereignty statement stand as the reply.
The posts land with U.S. midterm elections less than two months away, and Asia Times reported some congressional Democrats have stepped up their criticism of Trump's foreign policy heading into the campaign.
More
Trump has spent his second term floating takeovers of other countries, from Canada and Cuba to Greenland, according to Asia Times.
He renamed the Gulf of Mexico "the Gulf of America" and, per the same report, has teased declaring the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory and naming it after himself.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham rejected the renaming idea last week, saying her state's name "isn't up for debate — it's been ours since before the United States existed," and accusing the president of trying to "distract Americans" while gas and grocery prices rise. "While the White House wastes time coloring on maps, Nuevo México is busy doing the work," she said.
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