In his second term, President Trump has made no secret of his desire to expand America’s northern borders. Canada, he says, “was meant to be the 51st state.” And he insists the island of Greenland — a semiautonomous territory of Denmark — should belong to the U.

Greenland will strengthen its ties with Denmark until it can become a sovereign nation, the Arctic island's incoming prime minister told Reuters on Monday (March 31), noting that the semi-autonomous Danish territory ultimately wants to become independent.