Reykjavik: Iceland's foreign minister summoned the US ambassador after President Donald Trump shared a map depicting Iceland and several other territories under the American flag, local media reported Tuesday. Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir summoned US Ambassador Billy Long to a meeting over the image posted by Trump on his Truth Social platform.

According to Anadolu Agency, Icelandic public broadcaster RUV reported that the Foreign Ministry expressed that the post was entirely inappropriate during the meeting. The controversial map showed the US, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and Central America covered by the American flag, though Trump did not provide any explanation for the post.

This incident arises amidst Trump's ongoing comments about seeking control of Greenland, which is an autonomous territory under the Kingdom of Denmark. Earlier in the year, Trump made references to Iceland while discussing Greenland at the World Economic Forum in Davos and during events at the White House. While White House officials initially denied that Trump had confused Iceland with Greenland, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio later admitted that Trump had indeed mixed them up.

Trump has a history of sharing images that depict Greenland under the American flag or other US symbols. This recent post has sparked criticism in Iceland, with Sonja Thorbergsdottir, chair of the Federation of State and Municipal Employees, labeling it as 'disrespectful' and stating, 'This is not how civilized nations should behave towards one another.'