The White House got a cold reception when it posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of US President Donald Trump walking with a penguin — in Greenland.

Social media users were quick to point out that penguins almost exclusively live in the southern hemisphere, with only the Galapagos penguin species found just north of the equator, still thousands of miles from Greenland, which is mostly in the Arctic Circle.

Trump has repeatedly said that the United States, the key force in NATO, deserves ownership of Greenland, as it would be forced to defend the island against Russia or China, although neither country holds any claim to it.

Last Wednesday, the US president announced that he had reached a framework for a deal that satisfies him on Greenland, as he backed down on threats to both seize the island by force from Denmark and to impose tariffs on European allies. Greenland, an autonomous territory, wants to remain part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a position held by the Danish government and backed by key European countries.

The following day, the White House posted to its X social media feed a photo showing Trump alongside a penguin........

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