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Trump has also repeatedly asserted that the U.S. should acquire control of Greenland, a self-ruling Danish territory between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

Greenland is an Alaska-sized, self-ruling Danish territory off North America, between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

China says its claim to the self-ruling island is a red line.

The self-ruling island is a major producer of computer chips, which are crucial to the technology that drives the global economy.

The prefecture also hosts almost 30,000 troops, while its proximity to Taiwan makes it vital in terms of the US being able to respond to any Chinese invasion of the self-ruling island.