CNN chief knowledge analyst Harry Enten just lately broke down why President Donald Trump’s push to take over Greenland has bought to be “some 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 People 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 People who had been for the impeachment and elimination of Richard Nixon by the tip of his presidency. That is uniformly unpopular, even solely half of Republicans help it,” Enten confused.
Trump and Vice President JD Vance have emphasised this week that folks dwelling within the semi-autonomous Danish territory could 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 strain that we are going to resist,” Frederiksen mentioned Tuesday.
Enten pointed to a January ballot exhibiting 85% of Greenland residents responded “no” when requested if the territory ought to turn out to be 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, when you took a ballot of People and say, ‘Do you imagine we really landed on the moon?’ About 10% of People assume we faked the moon touchdown,” Enten famous.
The U.S. has beforehand proven curiosity in Greenland.
Following World Conflict II, U.S. officers beneath President Harry Truman sought an American navy base on the island and provided to purchase the territory as a consequence of “the acute significance of Greenland to the protection of america,” the Associated Press reported.
The U.S. offered Denmark $100 million in gold on the time (about $1 billion at the 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 navy base on the island.
Solely 33% of People had 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 increased than the no’s all through American historical past,” Enten added.
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