Overview
- An official White House post on X showed President Trump walking with a penguin toward a Greenlandic flag with the caption “Embrace the penguin,” drawing ridicule because penguins do not live in Greenland or the Arctic.
- The post went viral with roughly 2.6 million views and thousands of mocking replies referencing the basic geographic error.
- On Saturday, the White House re-shared the image and wrote, “The penguin does not concern himself with the opinions of those who cannot comprehend,” signaling a defiant response to the trolling.
- The meme followed other recent AI-generated images and maps promoting Trump’s Greenland push, including depictions of Greenland as U.S. territory alongside J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio.
- The online flap comes after Trump’s Jan. 21 remarks in Davos ruling out military force and withdrawing proposed tariffs, with Denmark and Greenland reiterating that sovereignty is not negotiable as talks and a working group proceed.