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75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll finds
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this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2026
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75% is an awfully low number.
You could probably poll 10,000 random Americans and find about 25% that would be in favor of eating lightbulbs and severing diplomatic ties with the magical land of Oz. That bottom 25% of Americans has got some real issues.
25% of people being propagandised beyond reason is a high number, yes.
Truthfully at this point I'm satisfied that 15% aren't undecided on the issue
Hitting 75% agreement in US politics is honestly unusual today, so I think it's a good sign that Trump has domestic opposition on this one
25% is a huge tipping point for social dynamics.
If he loses just a little more support the whole MAGA movement will begin to unravel.
Unusual? "Breathing" would struggle to break 60%. 75% is functionally unanimous.
Not in US politics. If you have 51% of votes of whoever is The Party at the moment, you can make decisions without others impeding on them.
If one party got 51 % of votes, then that means 26,01 % of all votes is enough to decide about the all of the country's things alone.
Domestic opposition doesn't mean shit if they don't do anything about it.
They are: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5689820-senate-republicans-block-trump-greenland/
I didn't know if that's "doing" anytime. It's all rhetoric.
They also said all sorts of stuff about curbing his actions in Venezuela but when it came time to vote they couldn't even get it to need a veto.
Maybe violating European sovereignty is a bridge enough to actually pass something, but I expect them to just let the veto happen
To be fair, all Trump has done on this is espew rhetoric also
One interesting point in the article you posted rather than OP's is that according to Ipsos only 17% of Americans approve of taking Greenland. I have no clue what the truth is but that number 'feels' a little more accurate.
In short that would mean 17% of Americans are ride or die MAGA which sadly is a believable number.
Note that violent means only had 4%. So 13% wouldn't mind a peaceful purchase. Which is still dumb but at least not as outright insane as Stephen Miller would go.
Do keep in mind there usually is a "I don't know" option. So both numbers can be true.
You'll excuse me if I don't put much stock in the promises of Republican lawmakers. Particularly Murkowski.
Ask yourself, honestly, what will they do when push comes to shove?
Didn't Trump pass an internet privacy bill in his first term with like 7% approval? Wasn't his first Healthcare plan also around that approval, though that didn't pass. Isn't national background checks for gun sales at like 95%? Why do people think their opinion matters?
I think these polls are good to put our opinions on the public record.
Yeah, but they also make it clear to the world that we don't live in a democracy. Especially when we go around trying to spread it around the world.
People are made vulnerable to their idol going haywire - by the need to rationalize having supported him. Thus the 50% of Republicans who bluescreened with "great leader always correct". If they have time to read up on the issue, it will drop a bit.
making big assumptions here
"They did not choose to read up on the issue."
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Polls are the most reliable way to be disappointed in humanity.
No, it really isn't.
25% of Americans being in favour of invading a NATO country without provocation is insane levels of crazy
OP's poll doesn't say anything about military action. It just asks whether the US should try to acquire Greenland.
The Qunnipiac poll shows that when the question explicitly includes military action, opposition is 86%: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-voters-widely-opposed-taking-greenland-military-force/story?id=129280864