Trump posts AI image that quietly annexes Greenland, Canada, and Venezuela

President Donald Trump is no stranger to posting provocative content on Truth Social. Over the years, he has shared several AI-generated images, including one that depicted him in attire that many interpreted as resembling Jesus. And his latest post has sparked fresh attention: the AI-generated image shows a map of the United States that includes Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela as part of American territory.

The image shows Trump sitting at his desk in the Oval Office with several European leaders like U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, among others. Independent journalist Eric Daugherty shared a clip on X suggesting that the President had shared an AI-generated video of the same on Truth Social.

Netizens reacted to the post, with many raising concerns about Trump's social media habits. "Here's Donald Trump posting an image featuring a map showing the United States taking over Canada, Greenland, and also Venezuela! Does he tweet like crazy?" one user asked. "Donald Trump has resorted to recycling AI slop posts from January to attack Canada," quipped another. "Trump just posted an image of a map showing the United States taking over Canada, Venezuela, and Greenland," director and television producer Morgan J. Freeman posted.

The United States has had a tumultuous relationship with the three sovereign states. It was under the Trump administration that the U.S. captured and extradited former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and Trump had said on multiple occasions that Canada was the 51st state. However, his comments about Greenland have perhaps drawn most of the global attention of late.

Trump made it clear earlier in his second term that he would like the U.S. to have control over the Arctic island rather than Denmark, which currently administers it. At the recent NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, he repeated those claims. He said that the Greenland issue played a big role in souring his attitude towards NATO, as the European countries in the alliance were not on board with Greenland being administered by the U.S.

"Greenland doesn't help Denmark," he said. "Denmark doesn't spend money to help Greenland, but it's an important part for the United States. And it's surrounded by Chinese ships and Russian ships, and that's not going to happen." The President also claimed that Washington could pull funding and troops from Europe if it did not get control over Greenland, which would make it vulnerable to potential threats like Russia.

Later, during a media interaction alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump claimed that the U.S. should never have given Greenland back to Denmark after the European country had handed the administration of the island over for safety purposes during World War II. "We shouldn't have given it back to them because we're the ones that need it. We need it for protection of the world, not just the United States," he said.