Republican Congressmen cut Greenland cake covered in U.S. flag at D.C. gala
A video from a Washington D.C. gala celebrating President Donald Trump’s first year in office shows Republican politicians and foreign far-right figures cutting into a cake shaped like Greenland and decorated with the US flag. The video is surfacing at a time when tensions are rising as President Trump ramps up his plans to annex the Arctic country.
The Jan. 20 event was held at the Kennedy Center. In the footage, US Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida begins cutting the cake alongside US Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee and Romanian far-right leader George Simion, head of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians.
US Members of Congress and the leader of Romania’s far-right pro-Russian AUR party, long known to be a Russian agent, cutting pieces off a Greenland cake. Reality has been warped to the point it no longer feels real. pic.twitter.com/Fk7q07MmDT
— Daractenus (@Daractenus) January 21, 2026
As Luna begins the ceremonial cut, an announcer can be heard over a loudspeaker saying, “Beautiful, American flag Greenland, 51st state.” After she cuts into the top of the cake — representing northern Greenland — Greenlandic Trump supporter Jørgen Boassen briefly appears in frame joking, “I’m from south Greenland.” Moments later, Republican Congressman Abraham Hamadeh takes the knife and says, “The south is easier to take.”
Boassen, who has close connections with several Trump allies including Arctic Research Commission chair Tom Dans and the organisation American Daybreak.
Before the clip ends, Simion can be heard saying, “We need to get rid of Macron,” referring to French President Emmanuel Macron, who has publicly opposed Trump’s push to bring Greenland under greater US control. Simion has faced allegations that he has ties to Russian interests or benefits from pro-Kremlin networks. He has denied being pro-Russian and has rejected claims linking him to Russian intelligence as politically motivated. The Institute for the Study of War has argued that the rise of Romania’s far right, including Simion, could advance Kremlin objectives even when politicians deny direct links to Moscow.
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Congressmen @realannapaulina @AndyOgles @AbrahamHamadeh celebrate President Trump’s first year in office by cutting a Greenland 🇺🇸 cake
Great Gala hosted by @RNRenewal celebrating the first year of the Golden Age at the Trump-Kennedy Center! pic.twitter.com/ijMdl9Vcnz
— Michael Casey (@MichaelCasey_) January 21, 2026
The gala was not an official government event, but the reported presence of the sitting US ambassador to the United Nations and the explicit rhetoric captured in the footage have intensified criticism and sparked debate about how political symbolism intersects with rising tensions over Greenland’s future.
No US officials shown in the footage have publicly commented on the video or the remarks made during the cake-cutting.
Correction: an earlier version of this story said that U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz had been present at the gala, his office have confirmed that he was not present.
