“Until the last few days, when I told them about Iceland, they loved me,” Trump said, referring to his fellow NATO members. So Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.”(The stock market indeed dropped on Tuesday — but after Trump’s threats to Greenland, not Iceland.) In response to a NewsNation reporter who pointed out the “Iceland” remarks, Leavitt wrote on X, “No he didn’t.”“His written remarks referred to Greenland as a ‘piece of ice’ because that’s what it is. Iceland has been an independent nation since World War II. Trump has cited U.S. occupation of Greenland during World War II as justification for taking control now, saying Wednesday that the U.S. should not have given Greenland “back to Denmark” after the war.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2026 20:14 UTC