Iceland-USA/Sovereignty/Trump
Iceland-USA/Sovereignty/Trump
Dateline : Sept 8, 2026/File
Location : Iceland
Duration : 1'00
Beijing, China - Sept 8, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Screenshot of U.S. President Donald Trump's social media post
FILE: Reykjavik, Iceland - Oct 16, 2025 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of buildings, pedestrians, national flags of Iceland
FILE: Iceland - 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of traffic
FILE: Reykjavik, Iceland - July 2, 2016 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of statue, pedestrians
FILE: Iceland - 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Pedestrians
FILE: Reykjavik, Iceland - July 2, 2016 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of statue of Ingolfur Arnarson
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - May 12, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. White House
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of White House
9. Various of Capitol building, U.S. national flag
Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir and Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir on Tuesday condemned a social media post by U.S. President Donald Trump showing Iceland and several neighboring countries covered by the U.S. flag, saying the post should be taken seriously.
Frostadottir told a government press conference Tuesday morning that the message conveyed by the image was "absurd" and described it as an insult to Icelanders, Canadians and Greenlanders.
"There is nothing funny or normal about making fun of the sovereignty of states," she said.
Gunnarsdottir said Iceland had sent a clear message to the United States that the post was "completely unacceptable."
She said Iceland is a sovereign and independent state responsible for its own destiny, adding that no other country could determine how Iceland handles its independence or sovereignty.
"If this is supposed to be a joke, then it is a bad joke," Gunnarsdottir said.
Gunnarsdottir summoned U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Billy Long for a meeting on Monday after Trump published the image on his social media platform Truth Social. She said Iceland's position had been explicitly conveyed to the ambassador. Long took up his post as U.S. ambassador to Iceland last month.
Trump posted a map on Monday showing the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland and Central America covered by the U.S. flag.
ID : 8498282
Published : 2026-09-09 09:19
Last Modified : 2026-09-09 16:33:30
Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)
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