Trump Suggests Renaming New Mexico as New America<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nFrostadottir pointed out that the message conveyed by the image was \u201cabsurd\u201d and described it as an insult to Icelanders, Canadians and Greenlanders. \u201cThere is nothing funny or normal about making fun of the sovereignty of states,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir said Iceland had sent a clear message to the United States that the post was \u201ccompletely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said Iceland is a sovereign and independent state responsible for its own destiny, adding that no other country could determine how Iceland handles its independence or sovereignty. \u201cIf this is supposed to be a joke, then it is a bad joke,\u201d Gunnarsdottir said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gunnarsdottir summoned U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Billy Long for a meeting on Monday after Trump published the image on his social media platform Truth Social. She said Iceland\u2019s position had been explicitly conveyed to the ambassador. Long took up his post as U.S. ambassador to Iceland last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Monday, Trump posted a map showing the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland and Central America covered by the U.S. flag. Previously, on Sunday, he unleashed another of his outlandish ideas, posting a message expressing his interest in renaming the state of New Mexico to New America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMany people suggested changing the name of New Mexico, one of the great vote cheating states of all time, to NEW AMERICA. So much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State,\u201d he stated in a message accompanied by an image showing the outline of the state, with the word \u201cMexico\u201d crossed out in red and replaced with \u201cAmerica.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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