Eric Trump, the son of Donald Trump and the 47th President of the United States, shared a post that sparked backlash on social media. In the post, Eric Trump showed his father “buying” Canada, the Panama Canal, and Greenland on the shopping site Amazon.
In the doctored image that Donald Trump’s son Eric shared on his X account with the explanation “We are officially back!”, it depicts his father adding Canada, the Panama Canal, and Greenland to his cart while shopping on Amazon. Trump’s post drew backlash from some users on social media. The country’s elected president, Trump, has been frequently talking about the idea of incorporating these places into the United States in recent days.
WHAT HAPPENED? This week, Trump made a statement that “Greenland should be under US control” and said that if the Panama Canal was not properly managed, they would demand its return to the US. Trump also mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by calling him “the Governor of the Great Province of Canada”.
