Only 17% of Americans surveyed support President Donald Trump's efforts to annex Greenland and most Democrats and Republicans oppose the use of force to annex this island, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The 2-day poll, which ended on January 13, shows widespread concern about President Donald Trump's desire to annex Greenland, a territory that has belonged to Denmark for centuries.
About 47% of respondents in the Reuters/Ipsos poll do not agree with the US efforts to seize Greenland, while 35% said they are unsure.
About 1/5 of respondents in the poll said they had never heard of the plan to win Greenland.
Only 4% of Americans - including only 1/10 Republicans and almost no Democrats - believe that the US using military force to seize Greenland from Denmark is a "good idea".
About 71% believe that it would be a bad idea, including 9/10 Democrats and 6/10 Republicans. About 1/3 Republicans said they are not sure if it is a good or bad idea.
About 66% of Americans surveyed, including 91% of Democrats and 40% of Republicans, expressed concern that the US efforts to seize Greenland will harm the NATO alliance and US relations with European allies.
About 10% of respondents agreed with the statement that the US "should use military force to seize new territory, such as Greenland and the Panama Canal", almost unchanged compared to 9% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted on January 20-21, 2025, right after Mr. Trump returned to the White House.
Some Republican lawmakers also expressed skepticism about President Trump's Greenland ambitions, although there are others who support legally allowing Mr. Trump to annex Greenland.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted online nationwide, collected feedback from 1,217 adults in the US and had an error of 3 percentage points.
On January 14, US Vice President J.D. Vance and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio met with Danish and Greenlandese diplomats at the White House, a day after the Greenlandese president declared that the island wanted to continue to be part of Denmark.
President Donald Trump emphasized that Greenland is very important to US security and Washington must own it to prevent other countries from occupying this strategically located and mineral-rich territory.
White House officials have discussed various plans to bring Greenland under US ownership, including the option of using military forces or paying a large amount of money to the people of Greenland in an effort to persuade them to secede from Denmark.
For its part, Denmark has warned that the use of military force to seize Greenland will mark the end for NATO, the transatlantic defense treaty that has been an important pillar in the world order since 1949.
