New polls show most Americans oppose military action to acquire Greenland as Trump doubles down on takeover efforts during NATO talks in Switzerland.
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AsPresidentDonaldTrumpescalateshiseffortstoacquireGreenlandfromDenmark,thelatestnationalpollsrevealthatmostAmericansopposetakingoverthemassiveandcruciallystrategicislandthatliesbetweentheArcticandAtlanticoceans.
TrumpisholdingcrucialtalksWednesdayonGreenlandwithNATOalliesduringaquickstopinDavos,Switzerland.
Ontheeveofhistrip,thepresidentsaidthereis“nogoingback”onhiseffortstotakeoverGreenland.AskedataWhiteHousenewsconferencehowfarhe’dgotoacquirethesemi-autonomousDanishterritory,Trumpsaid:“You’llfindout.”ThepresidenthasalsothreatenedtariffsagainstNATOmembers.
ButTrump’smovesarefacingoppositionfromDemocratsandsomeRepublicansonCapitolHill,andthemostrecentsurveyssuggestthere’slittleappetiteamongAmericanstotakeovertheisland.
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