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Most Americans are against potential US military takeover of Greenland, poll shows

F-16 Fighting Falcons from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, taxi on the flight line at Pittufik Space Base in Greenland in January 2025. 

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JOHN VANDIVER
STARS AND STRIPES • January 8, 2026

A poll conducted on Jan. 7, 2026, found that 73% of Americans are against using force to take control of the Danish territory, with only 8% of those polled favoring the idea of a U.S. military seizure of the island. (Christopher Ruano/U.S. Air Force

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Wait a minute, is America invading Greenland?

Geopolitics & Policy

09 January 2026

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By: Bethany Alvaro

US President DonaldJ Trump is no stranger to using military threats as a political play, with much of his second term thus far being defined by his foreign policy moves, namely in the Middle East and South America.

Though President Trump is known to make a lot of empty threats and false promises, his recent military action in Venezuela and arrest of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, point to his expansionist rhetoric having legitimate, tangible geopolitical implications.

Just one day after Operation Absolute Resolve in Venezuela, President Trump was back at it telling reporters that he “very badly” wanted to acquire Greenland and have it under US control, with the White House doubling down on Trump’s comments, saying that military action in the Danish Territory is “always an option”.

Though autonomous and self-governing, Greenland is a territory/district of Denmark and has been since 1953. The island nation has two representatives in the Danish Parliament, as well as its own political system.

Geographically, Greenland sits in very close proximity to not only the US – about 3,200 kilometres away – but also Canada, Norway, and Russia. It’s positioned right between the US and Europe, and also the GIUK gap, a maritime passage linking the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean.

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Trump’s America is increasingly reactive and unpredictable, so knowing his next steps is hard to predict.

What is clear though is that he wants Greenland but Greenland doesn’t want him.