From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams. This is the Daily.

And I also have a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland.

In a recent address before Congress, Donald Trump talked once again about his big ambitions for Greenland.

We strongly support your right

to determine your own future.

And if you choose,

we welcome you into the United States

of America. We need.

But he ended his message with a threat.

I think we're going to get it.

One way or the other, we're going to get it. One way or the other, we're going to get it.

Today, my colleague Jeffrey Gettleman on what Trump wants from Greenland

and whether he may actually get it.

It's Tuesday, March 11.

So, Jeffrey, President Trump has repeatedly said that he wants Greenland.

And before we get into whether that is even possible, can you just explain to us why is the president so interested in this place?

Well, there's a few reasons. The first reason is its size and its location. Greenland is enormous. It's the largest island in the world.

It has only 56,000 people, but it's this gigantic space. And it's located in a very strategic spot along the Arctic Ocean, where shipping lanes are increasingly important as global warming

melts ice that had blocked those areas forever up until now. And there's a lot of interest

in controlling that space by Russia, by China, by European nations, and by the U.S.

There's also vast mineral resources on Greenland.

There are huge deposits of iron, zinc, copper, platinum, rare earth elements that have

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