Today, President-elect Trump's allies in Congress proposed a new bill dubbed Make Greenland Great Again.

It's meant to expedite a negotiation process with Denmark, which protects Greenland's autonomy,

given Mr. Trump's repeated desire to buy the Arctic territory.

Meantime, Greenland's prime minister said today that while the massive island is not for sale, Greenland would work with the U.S.

Nick Schifrin has this look at the isolated but strategic polar outpost.

It is the world's largest island.

Majestic.

Magical.

Remote and rugged.

An ancient part of the planet crucial for contemporary national security. It is a key part of the Arctic region that protects access to the U.S. homeland.

Sherry Goodman is the Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate and

Security and a senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

It has long been a place where we have defended against Soviet missiles during the Cold War

through a large base in the northwest of Greenland, now upgraded to a space base today.

At Greenland, we are able to defend against Russian or Chinese incoming attacks.

Greenland sits in the middle of the shortest route between the U.S. and Europe and hosts

the U.S.'s northernmost base, now called the Petufix Space Base, home to a ballistic missile

early warning system.

It's also home to untapped riches beneath the ice, oil and gas, iron ore and gold,

and rare earths, whose promise is creating a race among the great powers.

China has increasingly been seeking investment in Greenland and in other parts of the Arctic.

And I think the U.S. is buying minerals for batteries, for advanced technologies, and to power the clean energy economy.

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