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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump sets off global panic after map suggests large-scale US takeover

In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump envisioned all of North and Central America under the U.S. flag, an image that quickly triggered a major diplomatic incident and fractured already-frayed relationships as the president pursues his imperial ambitions.

Iceland’s Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir publicly condemned Trump’s map — which drapes the continent in red, white and blue — as an “insult” to the nation.

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