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On Friday and Saturday morning, President Donald Trump again posted bizarre images that appeared to be generated by AI. This time, he posted a crude caricature of Representative Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a map of the Middle East showing Iran draped in an American flag, and a creepy image of the president peering over a landscape that appears to be Greenland.
The president appears to be turning his attention once again to Greenland, a Danish territory in the Arctic Circle.
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Trump first posted an AI-generated graphic of his proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense system, but this time it only covered the White House grounds rather than the entire country.
He then posted strange images of Greenland on Saturday morning, reigniting tensions with the autonomous Danish territory, including the Golden Dome, which the president previously said was necessary for the United States’ national security.
In another bizarre post Saturday morning, the president posted a map of the Middle East with Iran covered in stars and stripes with the caption, “America in the Middle East?” The post came shortly after Iranian negotiators said they would refuse to compromise with the United States in ongoing peace talks.
In an AI-generated video, President Trump appears to trash outgoing “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, then dance to “YMCA,” posted hours after Colbert’s last broadcast.
On Saturday morning, President Trump again posted a “Hello, Greenland” image and a cartoon of Congressman Khanna, who introduced the Epstein File Transparency Act, and called the California Democrat a “democrat” and a “scumbag.”
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President Trump’s obsession with Greenland, an autonomous region under effective control from Denmark but governed by his own parliament, began during his first term but intensified significantly during his first year in office in 2025. Greenland and Denmark have consistently rejected the Trump administration’s demands to hand over their territory. Denmark is a member of NATO, and the United States has maintained a military presence on the island since the Cold War. The New York Times reports that the three parties have been in private negotiations since January over the future of the island, but it remains to be seen whether those negotiations will result in an agreement that the president will approve.
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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, President Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, visited the Arctic Circle for the first time last week and was reportedly given a cold shoulder by local residents. After landing, Landry told reporters that Trump told her to “go over there and make as many friends as you can.” In a bizarre video that circulated after his trip, Landry walked the streets of Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, handing out chocolate chip cookies to bewildered Greenlandic children. “When you come to the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion, you can eat all the chocolate chip cookies you can eat,” he told the children in a video that went viral on social media.
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On Friday, Landry reiterated in a Fox News interview that U.S. interest in Greenland is important because of the island’s energy resources. Louisiana governor said Greenland’s resources “will bring them wealth” [Greenlanders]Just as oil and gas brought wealth to Louisiana and the nation. He said Trump “wants a deal. Greenland needs a deal… Greenland may be exporting 2 million barrels of oil a day right now. Think about what that means. What pressure does that relieve in the Strait of Hormuz?” Think about what kind of influence that would have on the Western Hemisphere and the United States, and the aid that would be given to Europe now.” Landry claimed that the United States could start producing barrels of oil in Greenland “within 10 months or so.” Greenland previously halted oil exploration for the first time in 50 years in 2021, citing environmental concerns and an analysis that said drilling would lead to low profits or losses, Reuters reported at the time.
