The faux picture shared by U.S. President Donald Trump displaying Canada, Greenland and Venezuela as U.S. territories.
Image: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday (January 20, 2026) shared an altered picture of a map displaying Canada, Greenland and Venezuela as U.S. territories.
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Within the picture shared by Mr. Trump on Reality Social, Mr. Trump’s personal on-line platform, Mr. Trump was seen displaying the altered map to European leaders. The picture seems to be an altered model of an precise {photograph} of the U.S. President discussing the Ukraine struggle scenario with European leaders in August 2025.
Mr. Trump met with U.Okay. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte, Finland President Alexander Stubb and President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen in August 2025, on the White Home to debate the struggle in Ukraine.
Within the unique picture a map of Ukraine might be noticed within the assembly room. Nevertheless, within the altered picture, the Ukrainian map was changed with a map of North America that confirmed Canada, Greenland and Venezuela as U.S. territories.
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Notably, in one other follow-up put up, Mr. Trump shared one other synthetic picture of him planting the U.S. flag in Greenland, together with U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
A man-made picture reveals Mr. Trump displaying Greenland as U.S. territory. Image: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump
The put up comes amid heightened unease between the U.S. and its European allies, over Mr. Trump’s insistence that the U.S. management Greenland, citing safety considerations from Russia and China. Whereas The European nations have tried to push Mr. Trump’s concept again, inviting a ten% sanction from the U.S. administration over the difficulty and the specter of that being risen to 25% later this yr.
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Not too long ago, U.S. had despatched its troops into Venezuela and captured its then President Nicolas Maduro and kidnapped him to the U.S., the place he’s standing trial for drug costs.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly steered that Canada can be higher off if it agreed to change into the 51st U.S. State.
Printed – January 20, 2026 03:25 pm IST
