CNN major data knowledgeable Harry Enten recently broken down why President Donald Trump‘s press to take control of Greenland has actually reached be “one of the most unpopular ideas” he’s ever earlier than listened to.
Enten, that confirmed up on “Anderson Cooper 360°” on Tuesday, reworked to a recent Fox News poll that exposed 70% of Americans that don’t concur that the united state must take management of Greenland contrasted to 26% of others that do.
“That is more Americans who were for the impeachment and removal of Richard Nixon by the end of his presidency. This is uniformly unpopular, even only half of Republicans support it,” Enten anxious.
Trump and Vice President JD Vance have really burdened right this moment that people staying within the semi-autonomous Danish space will surely be much better off with America.
Trump, all through Vance’s see to Greenland on Friday, declared that the united state requires the frozen space for “international security” and “world peace.”
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen banged the Trump administration beforehand right this moment for its “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland.
“And it is a pressure that we will resist,” she said Tuesday.
Enten indicated a January survey revealing 85% of Greenland residents reacted “no” when requested if the realm must enter intoAmerica 6% of individuals, on the identical time, addressed “yes” to the very same concern.
“To give you an idea of how low 6% is, if you took a poll of Americans and say, ‘Do you believe we actually landed on the moon?’ About 10% of Americans think we faked the moon landing,” Enten stored in thoughts.
The united state has really previously revealed ardour in Greenland.
Following World War II, united state authorities underneath President Harry Truman seemed for an American military base upon the island and provided to accumulate the realm due to “the extreme importance of Greenland to the defense of the United States,” the Associated Press reported.
The UNITED STATE offered Denmark $100 million in gold on the time (concerning $1 billion right this moment), a quote that Danish authorities declined. The nations somewhat licensed an enduring association for the united state to have an armed forces base upon the island.
Only 33% of Americans favored the acquisition on the time whereas 38% differed with the attainable purchase, per a 1947 poll shared by Enten.
“I have never seen a single poll in which the yeses on us purchasing Greenland was higher than the no’s throughout American history,” Enten included.
H/T: Mediaite
