. . . My best guess is that about 30% of the population here will support anything Trump proposes regardless of the merits.
. . .
If the results of these polls are correct, my best guess was (fortunately) wrong. A tiny fraction of the US (well under 30%) supports the use of military force to take control of Greenland.
>>>In the wake of discussions about the United States trying to either buy Greenland or use military force to take control of it, voters say:
86 - 9 percent they would oppose the United States trying to take Greenland by military force;
55 - 37 percent they would oppose the United States trying to buy Greenland.<<<
"Talk of the U.S. military potentially intervening in Iran's internal chaos gets a vigorous thumbs down, while voters signal Congressional approval should be a backstop against military involvement in any foreign crisis," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.
poll.qu.edu
>>>Very few Americans (4%) say it would be a good idea for the U.S. to use military force to take possession of Greenland from Denmark; 71% say it would be a bad idea. <<<
As a practical matter "trying to buy Greenland" (without use of military force) is doomed to failure.
>>>The United States could legally acquire Greenland with the consent of the Danish government, which would also hinge on the agreement of Greenland’s self-ruling parliament. . . . However, such a deal would still require approval from both the Greenlandic and Danish governments.<<<*
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed for the acquisition of Greenland. The administration’s goal of asserting a greater U.S. presence in the Danish territory could have significant consequences for both the Arctic and the NATO alliance.
www.cfr.org
The people of Greenland overwhelmingly oppose becoming part of the US.
>>>In a new poll conducted by Verian for Berlingske and the Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq,
85 percent of Greenlanders say no to the idea that they want Greenland to leave the Danish Realm and become part of the US instead.
Only 6 percent of Greenlanders want to leave the Danish Realm in favour of the US, and 9 percent are undecided.<<<(emphasis added)
A fresh poll conducted by Verian for Danish newspaper Berlingske and Greenland’s Sermitsiaq cuts through the narrative that there is a pro-American majority in the Greenlandic population. Experts call the numbers overwhelming and very unequivocal.
www.berlingske.dk
Denmark has said it's not negotiable:
>>>“We can negotiate on everything political; security, investments, economy.
But we cannot negotiate on our sovereignty,” Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister,
said in a statement on Thursday about Greenland.<<<
