US President Donald Trump escalated his provocative rhetoric on territorial expansion by sharing doctored images suggesting the United States should extend its control over Canada, while renewing calls for Washington to acquire Greenland.

Trump posted some provocatively doctored images, including one showed him planting the U.S. flag next to a sign reading “Greenland, U.S. Territory, Est. 2026.”

U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing to talk about taking over Greenland as he heads to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, where he is scheduled to speak Wednesday and meet with other world leaders.

Donald Trump shared posts on Truth Social depicting the US flag including Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela, and a milepost marking Greenland as a US Territory. He reiterated his stance on acquiring Greenland for national security,

Trump has stirred fresh controversy with European allies after sharing an image on Truth Social showing Canada and Greenland coloured in US flag hues, reviving tensions over his push to acquire the Arctic island.

The posts come as the US is set to deploy a North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) aircraft at the Pituffik space base, Greenland, as tensions rise over President Donald Trump's move to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

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Beyond its value as a strategic economic asset, Canada's only deepwater Arctic port may also prove crucial to Canadian sovereignty should U.S. President Donald Trump follow through on his rhetoric to take control of Greenland,