Donald Trump shares altered image of map showing Greenland, Canada, Venezuela as U.S. territories

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday (January 20, 2026) shared an altered image of a map showing Canada, Greenland and Venezuela as U.S. territories.

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In the image shared by Mr. Trump on Truth Social, Mr. Trump’s own online platform, Mr. Trump was seen showing the altered map to European leaders. The image appears to be an altered version of an actual photograph of the U.S. President discussing the Ukraine war situation with European leaders in August 2025.

Mr. Trump met with U.K. 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 2025, 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 U.S. territories.

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Notably, in another follow-up post, Mr. Trump shared another artificial image of him planting the U.S. flag in Greenland, along with U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

An artificial image shows Mr. Trump showing Greenland as U.S. territory. Picture: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump

The post comes amid heightened unease between the U.S. and its European allies, over Mr. Trump’s insistence that the U.S. control Greenland, citing security concerns from Russia and China. While The European nations have tried to push Mr. Trump’s idea back, inviting a 10% sanction from the U.S. administration over the issue and the threat of that being risen to 25% later this year.

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Recently, U.S. had sent its troops into Venezuela and captured its then President Nicolas Maduro and kidnapped him to the U.S., where he is standing trial for drug charges.