A RECENT POLL SHOWS MOST AMERICANS ARE AGAINST AN AMERICAN MILITARY TAKEOVER OF GREENLAND

Nearly Three-Quarters Of Those Polled, 73%, Said They’re Against Using Force To Take Over The Island, Including A Majority Of Both Republicans And Democrats.

Americans overwhelmingly oppose a possible American military takeover of Greenland, according to a new poll.

Respondents in the YouGov survey conducted Wednesday also had little enthusiasm for the idea of an American purchase of the Danish island territory in the north Atlantic Ocean.

Nearly three-quarters of those polled, 73%, said they’re against using force to take over the island, with a majority of both Republicans and Democrats opposed to the idea. Only 8% said they favor using the American military to seize the island.

Opinions on whether the United States should buy Greenland were more muddled, with divisions along party lines.

While 45% overall of those polled opposed an acquisition, Democratic respondents were far less open to the idea than Republicans.

Results among the former were 75% against, whereas only 14% of the latter rejected the idea.

Overall, 28% of those polled expressed approval of an American purchase of the island, with 51% of Republicans onboard, compared with 10% of Democrats. Meanwhile, 27% were undecided.

President Donald Trump’s push to take control of Greenland has rattled NATO ally Denmark and other members of the bloc.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday that if the United States were to take the territory by force, that would mean the end of the NATO alliance.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters Wednesday that the idea of purchasing the territory is being discussed by Trump and his national security team.

Alarms have been raised domestically as well, with a number of lawmakers speaking out against the notion.

“When Denmark and Greenland make it clear that Greenland is not for sale, the United States must honor its treaty obligations,” Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said in a joint statement Tuesday.

“Any suggestion that our nation would subject a fellow NATO ally to coercion or external pressure undermines the very principles of self-determination that our Alliance exists to defend,” they said.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Wednesday that the way to strengthen the American position in the Arctic is through bolstering alliances already in place.

“Threats and intimidation by U.S. officials over American ownership of Greenland are as unseemly as they are counterproductive,” McConnell said in a statement.

“And the use of force to seize the sovereign democratic territory of one of America’s most loyal and capable allies would be an especially catastrophic act of strategic self-harm to America and its global influence,” he added.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was expected to meet with Danish officials next week after a request for consultations from Copenhagen, CBS News reported.