Trump, 79, Revives Greenland Fantasy With Absurd AI Post

Olivia Ralph
Breaking News Reporter
Updated Jan. 24 2026 12:12AM EST Published Jan. 23 2026 10:11PM EST

After a week of geopolitical chaos that appeared to put Greenland to rest, the White House revived President Donald Trump’s fixation with an AI-generated colonial fantasy.

The image, posted to the White House’s official X account, shows Trump marching across a frozen landscape toward Greenland, accompanied by a penguin inexplicably carrying an American flag.

The image’s execution appears as confused as the message. The penguin—an animal not found anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, let alone Greenland—seems to leave identical footprints as the president, despite only one of them presumably having webbed feet.

While the image is ridiculous, it is also revealing.

The post landed just days after Trump dramatically escalated his renewed push to acquire Greenland—complete with threats of using military force—before abruptly retreating under pressure from markets and allies.

Trump has talked about acquiring Greenland for years, but the fixation seemed to snowball in the lead-up to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he framed the acquisition of the Arctic territory as a U.S. national security imperative.

“You can say ‘yes,’ and we will be very appreciative,” Trump said at Davos.

“Or you can say ‘no,’ and we will remember.”