Americans Really, Really Hate Trump’s Greenland Plan, CNN Data Chief Says | EUROtoday

CNN chief knowledge analyst Harry Enten just lately broke down why President Donald Trump’s push to take over Greenland has received to be “one of the most unpopular ideas” he’s ever heard.

Enten, who appeared on “Anderson Cooper 360°” on Tuesday, turned to a current Fox News ballot that confirmed 70% of Americans who don’t agree that the U.S. ought to take management of Greenland in comparison with 26% of others who 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 pressured.

Trump and Vice President JD Vance have emphasised this week that individuals dwelling within the semi-autonomous Danish territory can be higher off with America.

Trump, throughout Vance’s go to to Greenland on Friday, claimed that the U.S. wants the arctic territory for the sake of “international security” and “world peace.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen slammed the Trump administration earlier this week for its “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland.

“And it is a pressure that we will resist,” she mentioned Tuesday.

Enten pointed to a January ballot displaying 85% of Greenland residents responded “no” when requested if the territory ought to develop into a part of America. 6% of respondents, in the meantime, answered “yes” to the identical query.

“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 famous.

The U.S. has beforehand proven curiosity in Greenland.

Following World War II, U.S. officers beneath President Harry Truman sought an American army base on the island and provided to purchase the territory because of “the extreme importance of Greenland to the defense of the United States,” the Associated Press reported.

The U.S. provided Denmark $100 million in gold on the time (about $1 billion immediately), a bid that Danish officers turned down. The international locations as a substitute signed a long-term settlement for the U.S. to have a army base on the island.

Only 33% of Americans have been in favor of the acquisition on the time whereas 38% disagreed with the potential purchase, per a 1947 ballot 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 added.