Blogger’s Note: The US economically and politically controls a great deal of the world. This has been true since 1945. The game is to pretend otherwise – giving the false impression of “independence” and “freedom”. Even in the UK the Bank of England is subordinate to the US banking system (and cannot operate independent from it) – whilst US military bases strewn the land (there are parts of the UK where US military personnel walk around society in uniform). This de facto US influence is everywhere and it has been established and justified through the fear of a “false” enemy (such as the USSR, modern Russia, and various other States – such as Cuba and Iran). Europe, via its banking system and military, does whatever the US indicates, effectively following American foreign policy without question. Trump is giving an open expression to what is already happening regarding US reach and influence. The issue is that of progressing this “de facto” influence toward a “de jure” reality. Trump is expressing what the US is really doing and the hypocrisy of the bourgeois West is kicking-in. People like to “think” they are “free” from US influence onthe surface – whilst remaining completely subordinated to Washington behind-the-scenes. It seems to be bad form to point this out in the open. ACW (10.9.2026)

Tue Sept 08 2026

Iceland summoned the US ambassador on Monday after president ‌Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the ‌American flag, local broadcaster RUV said.

The map showed the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, Central America ​and the Caribbean covered by the US flag, with the entire land mass labelled “United States of America”.

Trump posted the image on his Truth Social platform without explanation.

Iceland’s foreign minister, Thorgerdur Gunnarsdottir, called in Billy ​Long, the US ambassador to Iceland, who only formally took up the post last month, RUV ⁠reported.

“The position was clearly expressed that the post was completely inappropriate,” the ‌foreign ‌ministry ​told RUV.

The US State Department, the US embassies in Copenhagen and Reykjavik, and the US consulate in Nuuk did not immediately ⁠reply to requests for ​comment. The Icelandic foreign ministry also did ​not reply to a request for comment.

Trump’s assertions in recent years that the ‌US must acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous ​Danish territory, sparked tensions between Washington and Copenhagen, both founding Nato members, and more ⁠broadly across Europe.

Iceland last month ⁠voted against reopening ​EU membership talks in a referendum where Trump’s designs on Greenland had featured as a backdrop.

Some supporters of starting talks had cited concern about US reliability as a reason to consider closer EU ties, though analysts said domestic economic concerns ultimately drove the result.

Trump’s post came hours after the European Commission announced a €200 million ($232.50 million) investment in Greenland during a visit ‌by commission president Ursula ⁠von der Leyen.

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen, speaking to Danish news agency Ritzau in Nuuk, said the message from Greenland’s government and people had ‌been consistent.

“The Greenlandic government and the Greenlandic people have said again and again that they ​do not want to be American,” she said. “I hope no ​one is in any doubt about that, either in the United States or the rest of the world.” – Reuters