Poll: Most Americans are against the annexation of Greenland

According to RCO News Agency, President-elect Donald Trump’s desire to take over the Greenland island has become more serious, and a few days ago he clearly said in this regard that the United States should give this autonomous island to “ensure its national security and freedom around the world”. achieved

The results of a poll conducted by YOSAI Today and Suffolk University show that 53 percent of participants are against Greenland joining the United States, while only 29 percent consider such an idea “good” but “unrealistic.” Also, 11% are inclined to do whatever Donald Trump wants to control this island.

According to this poll, which was conducted from January 7 to 11 (18 to 22 January) among 1,000 American citizens, 86 percent of the participants supporting the Democratic Party are against the idea of ​​Greenland joining the United States, but only 21 percent of Republicans are against this idea. have been considered “bad”.

A group of Republicans in the US House of Representatives have just prepared a draft bill that would allow the US president-elect to negotiate the purchase of Greenland.

Greenland’s Prime Minister Mote Egde recently said that the region under his control is not interested in joining the United States, but welcomes the establishment of close relations with Washington in the fields of security, defense and trade.

Greenland, with a population of 57,000, was a Danish colony until 1953, but is now an autonomous territory of Denmark, and in 2009 it won the right to claim independence through a vote. The United States has a military base in the northern part of this strategically important region.

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