A new public opinion poll shows that only 17 percent of Americans support US President Donald Trump's plan to take over Greenland, and a significant majority of voters, both Democrats and Republicans, oppose annexation by military force, writes the British newspaper The Guardian.
The majority of respondents, in a poll conducted by the Reuters news agency and the Ipsos public opinion research agency, oppose taking over Greenland.
The annexation of the semi-autonomous island, which is part of Denmark, is disapproved by 47 percent of Americans surveyed, while 35 percent say they are undecided.
Only four percent of Americans surveyed, just one in every 10 Republican supporters and almost no Democratic supporters, said it would be a "good idea" for the US to use military force and take over Greenland.
Concern that US efforts to control Greenland will harm NATO and US relations with allies in Europe was expressed by 66 percent of respondents, of which 91 percent are Democratic voters and 40 percent are Republican voters.
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