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Jan 15 • 16:23 UTC • 🇶🇦 Qatar • Al Jazeera

The 52nd US State: Trump's Ally's Remarks Anger Iceland

Iceland demanded a formal clarification from the US following comments made by Billy Long, a Trump ally nominated to be ambassador to Reykjavik, joking that Iceland would become the '52nd US state' and that he would be its governor.

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