US President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared an altered image of a map showing Canada, Greenland and Venezuela as US territories. In the image shared on Truth Social, his own online platform, Trump was seen showing the altered map to European leaders. The image appears to be an altered version of an actual photograph of the US President discussing the Ukraine war situation with European leaders in August 2025.
Trump met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Finland President Alexander Stubb and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in August, at the White House to discuss the war in Ukraine.
In the original image, a map of Ukraine could be spotted in the meeting room. However, in the altered image, the Ukrainian map was replaced with a map of North America that showed Canada, Greenland and Venezuela as US territories.
Notably, in another follow-up post, Trump shared another artificial image of him planting the U.S. flag in Greenland, along with US Vice-President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The post comes amid heightened tensions between the US and its European allies, over Trump’s insistence that the US control Greenland, citing security concerns from Russia and China. While The European nations have tried to push Trump’s idea back, inviting 10 per cent sanctions from the US administration over the issue and the threat of that being risen to 25 per cent later this year.
Recently, US had sent its troops into Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro. He is now in the US, where Maduro is facing trial. Trump has repeatedly suggested that Canada would be better off if it agreed to become the 51st US state.
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