{"id":12083,"date":"2026-02-13T16:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/12083\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:56:13","slug":"many-republicans-disapprove-of-trump-on-greenland-new-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/12083\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Republicans disapprove of Trump on Greenland, new poll finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Republicans may be willing to stick with President Donald Trump through almost anything, but his recent push to seize control of Greenland has turned off many in his own party, according to a new AP-NORC poll.<\/p>\n

The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research<\/a> finds that about 7 in 10 U.S. adults disapprove of how Trump is handling the issue of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark. That\u2019s higher than the share who dislike how he\u2019s handling foreign policy generally, suggesting that Trump\u2019s Greenland approach has created a weak spot for the administration. About 24% of American adults approve of Trump\u2019s Greenland approach. <\/p>\n

Even Republicans aren\u2019t thrilled. About half disapprove of his attempt to turn the icebound landmass into American territory, something that Trump has insisted is critical for national security in the Arctic, while about half approve.<\/p>\n

The poll was conducted Feb. 5-8, which is after Trump had made the decision to scrap tariffs<\/a> designed to pressure European countries into supporting U.S. control of Greenland, but after his weekslong push for American intervention<\/a> over the island.<\/p>\n

About half of Republicans disapprove of Trump on Greenland<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s base is normally unwavering behind him, so Greenland stands out as an exception. <\/p>\n

The marks represent Trump\u2019s lowest ratings among Republicans on a list of key issues in the poll, including the economy and immigration \u2014 where about 8 in 10 approve \u2014 and foreign policy generally. About 7 in 10 Republicans approve of his overall foreign policy approach.<\/p>\n

Trump has argued that the U.S. needs Greenland to counter threats from Russia and China in the Arctic region, despite America already having a military presence there.<\/p>\n

Other recent polls, including a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January<\/a>, found that Republicans were largely divided on whether the U.S. should take over Greenland, while Americans overall were opposed.<\/p>\n

Ayman Amir, a 46-year-old Trump supporter from Houston, Texas, said he agrees that Greenland holds strategic importance for the United States\u2019 military. But that doesn\u2019t mean he thinks Trump should claim it. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t take it by force. We don\u2019t have a right to do that,\u201d Amir said. \u201cYou can\u2019t blame Russia for what they do in Ukraine and then do the same thing. You can\u2019t do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s overall foreign policy approval remains steady<\/p>\n

The president dropped his threats to seize the territory by force late last month after saying a framework for a deal over access to Greenland was reached with help from NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. <\/p>\n

The clash represents just one of the moves Trump has made to strain relationships with key allies over the last year. Western leaders are focusing on trans-Atlantic tensions this week at the Munich Security Conference. <\/p>\n

On Greenland, Trump has few vocal supporters at home or abroad.<\/p>\n

Even as Trump made significant moves to obtain control of Greenland, his overall approval on the issue of foreign policy has remained steady. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults approve of Trump\u2019s approach to foreign policy, a measure that\u2019s been unchanged in recent months.<\/p>\n

Young Republicans especially disapprove of Greenland approach<\/p>\n

Younger Republicans are especially likely to disapprove of how Trump is handling the situation.<\/p>\n

About 6 in 10 Republicans under 45 say they disapprove of his leadership on Greenland, compared to about 4 in 10 older Republicans. <\/p>\n

That 4 in 10 who approve of Trump\u2019s Greenland actions is much lower than young Republicans\u2019 approval on issues of foreign policy, the economy, or immigration.<\/p>\n

Independent voter Aaron Gunnoe, 29, an engineer from Marion, Ohio, was baffled by Trump\u2019s aggressive posture on the NATO ally.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the stupidest thing I\u2019ve ever heard,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s owned by somebody else. That should be the end of it.\u201d <\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The AP-NORC poll of 1,156 adults was conducted Feb. 5-8 using a sample drawn from NORC\u2019s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. The margin of sampling error for Republicans overall is plus or minus 6.1 percentage points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Republicans may be willing to stick with President Donald Trump through almost anything, but his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9334,1124,9335,26,1157,184,1162,7326,7319,57,1160,1596,4812,74,2378,1158,9333,2374,9332,3595,1161],"class_list":{"0":"post-12083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-greenland","8":"tag-aaron-gunnoe","9":"tag-associated-press","10":"tag-ayman-amir","11":"tag-denmark","12":"tag-diplomacy","13":"tag-donald-trump","14":"tag-general-news","15":"tag-government-and-politics","16":"tag-government-policy","17":"tag-greenland","18":"tag-international-agreements","19":"tag-mark-rutte","20":"tag-national-security","21":"tag-nato","22":"tag-north-atlantic-treaty-organization","23":"tag-politics","24":"tag-public-opinion","25":"tag-send-to-apple-news","26":"tag-u-s-republican-party","27":"tag-washington-news","28":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}