 "Fewer than 20% Americans agree with Trump on annexing Greenland, Canada: Survey")
Even as US President Donald Trump has vowed to annex Canada and Denmark’s Greenland island, the vast majority of US public across the political spectrum disagrees with him, according to a survey.
Since winning the 2024 presidential election, Trump has made the annexation of Greenland and Canada central to his foreign policy. He has even threatened Greenland with a military invasion. As for Canada, the ongoing tariff war is widely seen as a tool to bring the nation to its knees to force it to join the United States.
However, fewer than 20 per cent Americans support Trump’s plan to annex Canada and Greenland, according to a survey by Yahoo News and YouGov.
The survey found that just 19 per cent Americans favoured the annexation of Greenland and 17 per cent favoured the annexation of Canada.
Greenland and Canada are among the territories that Trump has vowed to annex across continents. He has also vowed to annex Panama Canal, with the use of force if needed, and Gaza Strip in West Asia. In Gaza, he has vowed to expel native Palestinians in what would amount to state-sponsored ethnic cleansing to develop the region into what he called the “Riviera of the Middle East”.
The Yahoo/YouGov survey, which was conducted on March 20-24, found that the disapproval of Trump’s annexation plans is high even among his Republican voters.
Just 26 per cent Republicans favour annexing Canada and 38 per cent favour Greenland, according to the survey.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsOverall, the survey found that 49 per cent Americans oppose the annexation of Greenland and 57 per cent oppose the annexation of Canada.
Among Independents, who often decide key elections, 53 per cent oppose annexing Greenland and 62 per cent oppose annexing Canada.
The survey’s findings have come at a time when a visit to Greenland by Second Lady Usha Vance and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has inflammed the island as well as Denmark. After Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute B Egede dubbed the visit “highly aggressive” and preparations started in the island for protests, the White House on Tuesday announced that Vice President JD Vance will be leading the delegation on the visit, not his wife Usha.
Irrespective of the anti-Trump sentiment on the island, Trump on Monday said that the visit was being undertaken at the request of the islanders.
“They’re calling us. We’re not calling them. And we were invited over there. We’re dealing with a lot of people from Greenland that would like to see something happen with respect to them being properly protected and properly taken care of. I think Greenland is going to be something that maybe is in our future,” said Trump.
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