President Trump trolled European leaders over Greenland by sharing an AI-generated picture of himself planting a US flag on the autonomous Danish territory — as he leaked fawning text messages from world statesmen ahead of the high-stakes Davos summit this week.
The image, shared by the president early Tuesday on Truth Social, shows Trump marking his territory, followed by Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. It also features a sign declaring Greenland a “US territory est. 2026.”
In a separate AI-generated picture shared by the defiant commander-in-chief, European leaders — including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni — gather around a map in the Oval Office that shows Greenland, Canada, and Venezuela absorbed into the US.
The taunting posts come as Trump ramped up his push to acquire Greenland, declaring on Tuesday that there was “no going back” on his goal and refusing to rule out taking the Arctic island by force.
The president — who will join the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week — also shared a series of sweet-talking texts from Macron and Rutte praising him for recent foreign policy triumphs in Syria and elsewhere.
“My friend, we are totally in line on Syria. We can do great things on Iran,” Macron tells Trump, according to a screenshot of the exchange posted on Truth Social.
While Macron raises concerns about Trump’s desire to annex Greenland, he also makes plans for a G7 meeting in Paris on Thursday with Ukraine, Denmark, Syria and Russia, as well as scheduling a dinner for the two statesmen in Paris before Trump returns to the States.
“Mr President, dear Donald — what you accomplished in Syria today is incredible,” Rutte also gushed in another text exchange, according to a screenshot shared by Trump.
“I will use my media engagements in Davos to highlight your work there, in Gaza, and in Ukraine. I am committed to finding a way forward on Greenland. Can’t wait to see you. Yours, Mark,” the message concludes.
The snarky social media flurry comes after Trump threatened further tariffs on the European powers if they try to halt his plans to purchase Greenland from Denmark.
Meanwhile, on Monday, Trump warned France he would hit the country with a 200% tariff on wine and champagne if Macron didn’t agree to join his “Board of Peace” for rebuilding Gaza.
