Trump's team races to come up with a Greenland takeover plan — here's what's at stake

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The Trump administration is preparing for a high-stakes meeting with Danish officials next week, seeking to discuss how the U.S. can acquire the world’s largest island.

The White House has spoken frequently about taking control of Greenland in the wake of a weekend military operation to depose Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, raising alarm in Europe about Washington’s territorial ambitions.

President Donald Trump, who has long coveted making Greenland a part of the United States, has said the mineral-rich and sparsely populated island is integral to national security and insisted he’s “very serious” about trying to acquire it.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has since urged Trump to “stop the threats,” while Greenland’s leader described the notion of U.S. control over the territory as a “fantasy.”