By Issy Ronald, CNN
Photo: AFP / JIM WATSON
When US forces struck the Venezuelan capital and ousted the country's president NicolΓ‘s Maduro, it turned one of President Donald Trump's rhetorical threats into reality.
In the days since, his frequent musings about other items on his foreign policy wishlist have rung with renewed force, especially his repeated desire for the US to take over Greenland - the vast autonomous Arctic territory ruled by Denmark.
In the wake of such a brazen display of US military power in Venezuela, this rhetoric has taken on a different character, straining Washington's relationship with its NATO ally.
Photo: AFP / JOHN THYS
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reiterated on Monday (US Time) that she had already "made it very clear where the Kingdom of Denmark stands, and that Greenland has repeatedly said that it does not want to be part of the United States".
She even warned that it could lead to the demise of the NATO alliance.
So why might Trump keep turning his attention to this remote, sparsely populated island - and why is it causing tensions with Europe?
Here's what you need to know.
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