CNN chief knowledge analyst Harry Enten not too long ago broke down why President Donald Trump’s push to take over Greenland has received to be “one of the unpopular concepts” he’s ever heard.
Enten, who appeared on “Anderson Cooper 360°” on Tuesday, turned to a recent Fox News poll that confirmed 70% of Individuals who don’t agree that the U.S. ought to take management of Greenland in comparison with 26% of others who do.
“That’s extra Individuals who have been for the impeachment and removing of Richard Nixon by the top of his presidency. That is uniformly unpopular, even solely half of Republicans assist it,” Enten burdened.
Trump and Vice President JD Vance have emphasised this week that folks 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 “worldwide safety” and “world peace.”
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen slammed the Trump administration earlier this week for its “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland.
“And it’s a stress that we are going to resist,” she stated Tuesday.
Enten pointed to a January ballot exhibiting 85% of Greenland residents responded “no” when requested if the territory ought to turn into a part of America. 6% of respondents, in the meantime, answered “sure” to the identical query.
“To present you an concept of how low 6% is, if you happen to took a ballot of Individuals and say, ‘Do you imagine we truly landed on the moon?’ About 10% of Individuals suppose we faked the moon touchdown,” Enten famous.
The U.S. has beforehand proven curiosity in Greenland.
Following World Struggle II, U.S. officers beneath President Harry Truman sought an American army base on the island and provided to purchase the territory on account of “the intense significance of Greenland to the protection of the US,” the Associated Press reported.
The U.S. offered Denmark $100 million in gold on the time (about $1 billion right this moment), a bid that Danish officers turned down. The nations as an alternative signed a long-term settlement for the U.S. to have a army base on the island.
Solely 33% of Individuals have been in favor of the acquisition on the time whereas 38% disagreed with the potential purchase, per a 1947 poll shared by Enten.
“I’ve by no means seen a single ballot by which the yeses on us buying Greenland was larger than the no’s all through American historical past,” Enten added.
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