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Iceland Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Trump’s Expansionist Map
How Iceland responded to Trump’s U.S. takeover map
Iceland’s foreign ministry said Tuesday that Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir had summoned Long to “convey a clear message that the image was wholly inappropriate.”
Gunnarsdóttir told reporters that “people within the U.S. administration” had advised her to “not take the current U.S. President literally.”
“But we should take him seriously,” she added. “That is exactly what we are doing, and we are stressing that Iceland is a sovereign, independent state that is responsible for its own future.”
Long had previously joked about an American takeover of Iceland. In January, he was overheard telling lawmakers on the House floor that Iceland could become the 52nd state with him as the governor. At the time, Iceland’s foreign ministry said it was investigating the matter.
Long later apologized, telling news site Arctic Today that “there was nothing serious about that, I was with some people, who I hadn’t met for three years, and they were kidding about [U.S. special envoy to Greenland] Jeff Landry being governor of Greenland and they started joking about me and if anyone took offense to it, then I apologize.”
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