Donald Trump’s plan to acquire Greenland is very real, and it apparently involves convincing the country to hand itself over to U.S. control. The White House National Security Council has met “several times” to make Trump’s desires for the arctic island a reality,

Trump has talked up Greenland as a security buffer and has told Greenlanders that U.S. control could make them “rich.” But Danish and local leaders have pushed back hard at any talk of annexation.