Just 4% of Americans Support Trump Seizing Greenland by Military Force

No public support for Trump's latest demented fantasy

Jake Johnson for Common Dreams

This is an actual, official White House social media post.
WTF is wrong with these people?

A survey released January 14 shows that just 4% of US voters think it would be a “good idea” for President Donald Trump to seize Greenland by military force, data that came ahead of a closely watched White House meeting between Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark.

More broadly, according to the new Reuters/Ipsos poll, only 17% of Americans approve of Trump’s push for the US to acquire Greenland by any means.

The White House has said it is considering a “range of options” to seize Denmark, from buying the mineral-rich island to acquiring it through military force. 

Just one in 10 Republican voters and virtually no Democrats said they believe it’s a good idea for the Trump administration to forcibly take Greenland, which is currently an autonomous territory of Denmark.

Greenland residents have overwhelmingly voiced opposition to US control.

In an early morning Truth Social post ahead of Wednesday’s White House meeting, Trump declared that the US “needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security”—a view that military experts have rejected.

“It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building,” Trump added, referring to his proposed missile defense boondoggle. “NATO should be leading the way for us to get it. IF WE DON’T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!”

Trump’s latest Greenland rant came a day after the territory’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said during a press conference that “we are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark.”

“One thing must be clear to everyone,” said Nielsen. “Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States. Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States. Greenland does not want to be part of the United States.”

The White House meeting was scheduled at the request of Danish and Greenlandic officials, who said they are seeking to head off a potential disaster spurred by Trump’s increasingly belligerent rhetoric.

In the face of Trump’s threats, Denmark has reportedly begun mobilizing military equipment and advanced troops to Greenland.

“Our reason for seeking the meeting we have now been given was to move this whole discussion into a meeting room where we can look each other in the eye and talk about these things,” Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Denmark’s foreign minister, said last week.