U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States and does not rule out using military or economic power to get Denmark to hand over the mineral-rich and strategically important island.

Greenland has been eyed by American foreign policy analysis for decades, but Trump is only the second president to really explore it.

Alex Wagner breaks down the origins of Trump's interest in taking over Greenland and the Panama Canal and why its serious, however ridiculous the idea may be.