{"id":12483,"date":"2026-02-14T03:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/12483\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T03:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:05:12","slug":"republicans-turn-away-from-trump-over-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/12483\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Turn Away From Trump Over Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new poll<\/a> shows Republicans are firmly behind President<\/a> Donald Trump<\/a> on most major policy issues except his handling of Greenland<\/a>\u2014marking a rare break with his base as the midterms approach.<\/p>\n

Newsweek contacted the White House<\/a> via email for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly previously told Newsweek that “NATO<\/a> becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the United States, and Greenlanders would be better served if protected by the United States from modern threats in the Arctic region.”<\/p>\n

Why It Matters<\/p>\n

These findings mark an unusual break<\/a> between Republican voters<\/a> and a Republican<\/a> president on a high-profile foreign policy initiative<\/a>, signaling potential political and diplomatic headwinds<\/a> for the administration\u2019s push to acquire Greenland<\/a>.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Foreign policy consensus is rare in polarized politics, but the survey results aligned with other recent polls<\/a> showing broad public resistance to acquiring Greenland, especially by military force<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"DonaldWhat To Know\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s approach to Greenland<\/a> is proving unpopular among U.S. adults, according to a new AP\u2011NORC poll.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The nationwide poll was conducted February 5\u20118, 2026, using the AmeriSpeak Panel, the probability\u2011based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. <\/p>\n

Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cellphones were conducted with 1,156 adults. Its overall margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.<\/p>\n

In the poll, just 24 percent of adults approved of how Trump was handling Greenland, while 72 percent disapproved\u2014making it one of the weakest-tested areas of his presidency and more unpopular than his handling of foreign policy overall.<\/p>\n

Just 51 percent of Republicans approved of Trump\u2019s handling of Greenland, and 48 percent disapproved.<\/p>\n

That represents a significant departure from other policy areas, where Republican disapproval of Trump\u2019s handling typically sits around a quarter, whether on the economy, immigration, or foreign policy more broadly.<\/p>\n

In the AP-NORC poll, Republicans backed Trump on the economy, with 79 percent approving and 21 percent disapproving. Meanwhile, on immigration, 78 percent supported him, and 22 percent disapproved. <\/p>\n

And on Trump’s handling of foreign policy more generally, 71 percent of Republicans approved and just 27 percent disapproved. <\/p>\n

Midterm elections hinge on coalition management, and this issue exposes a rare fracture inside Trump\u2019s own party<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The president has invested significant political capital in Greenland, making public opinion on the issue newly consequential.<\/p>\n

Other polling<\/a> in January similarly found limited backing for the push.<\/p>\n

Most Americans\u2014including many who voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election\u2014oppose taking control of Greenland by military force, according to an Economist<\/a>\/YouGov<\/a> poll.<\/p>\n

Overall, 72 percent of respondents said they were against using military force to seize Greenland, compared with just 9 percent who supported the idea. Among Trump voters, a majority\u201454 percent\u2014said they opposed such action, while 22 percent said they would back it.<\/p>\n

Views were somewhat less hostile when respondents were asked about purchasing Greenland from Denmark, though opposition still outweighed support.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some 51 percent of Americans said they opposed a purchase, compared with 29 percent who supported it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among Trump voters, however, sentiment shifted, with 61 percent saying they favored acquiring Greenland through a purchase.<\/p>\n

The poll surveyed 1,722 U.S. adults between January 16 and January 19 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.<\/p>\n

What People Are Saying<\/p>\n

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly previously told Newsweek: “President Trump was not elected to preserve the status quo\u2014he is a visionary leader who is always generating creative ideas to bolster U.S. national security.<\/p>\n

“Many of this president\u2019s predecessors recognized the strategic logic of acquiring Greenland, but only President Trump has had the courage to pursue this idea seriously.<\/p>\n

“As the president said, NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the United States, and Greenlanders would be better served if protected by the United States from modern threats in the Arctic region.”<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters in the White House last month: “Greenland is very important for national security, including of Denmark. And the problem is, there’s not a thing Denmark can do about it if Russia or China wants to occupy Greenland.”<\/p>\n

Independent voter Aaron Gunnoe, 29, told The Associated Press: “It\u2019s the stupidest thing I\u2019ve ever heard. It\u2019s owned by somebody else. That should be the end of it.”<\/p>\n

Ayman Amir, a 46\u2011year\u2011old Trump supporter from Houston, Texas, said of Greenland: “We can’t take it by force. We don’t have a right to do that. You can’t blame Russia for what they do in Ukraine and then do the same thing. You can’t do this.”<\/p>\n

What Happens Next<\/p>\n

The administration and congressional Republicans will likely weigh the political costs of continuing to press the Greenland initiative amid broad public disapproval and an unusual intraparty split.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new poll shows Republicans are firmly behind President Donald Trump on most major policy issues except his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[184,57,74,9612,9615,6036,9617,9616,9613,9614,2511],"class_list":["post-12483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-greenland","tag-donald-trump","tag-greenland","tag-nato","tag-poll","tag-polling","tag-polls","tag-president","tag-republican","tag-trump-poll","tag-trump-polls","tag-white-house"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12483","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=12483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}