Until recently the most that people tended to know about cold and sparsely populated Greenland is that it is not small and also that it is not Iceland. It’s a frigid autonomous territory of Denmark, but self-governing.

In Washington, some Trump allies are warming to the challenge. Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-Tennessee) this month introduced the “Make Greenland Great Again” Act, which would direct Congress to back Trump’s negotiations to acquire the territory.

Greenland’s population is overwhelmingly against leaving the Danish realm in favor of the US, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s insistence the island is keen to join.